I like your videos a lot....I am Christian from India, I request Christians all over the world to please Pray for Christians in India as many Christians face persecutions and attacks by Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sang (RSS), Hindu Yuva Vahini etc which are para-military forces that target Christian worshipers and Spreaders of the Word of GOD...Here even their persecutions are not getting highlighted as the Mainstream Media is having govt control which supports the organisations I mentioned above....Please Pray for us and Support us as well as all the Christians who face persecutions around the world
We will pray for you Subhadip . Im not supposed that Christian prescriptions is not mainstream there ,the middle east and north Africa also hides the truth where the kill Christians .
They dug up John Wycliffe burned his remains and scattered his ashes in the river Swift. Why? Because he preached against indulgences and their greed and false doctrines. As well as the ultimate crime according to the Catholic church, he translated the Bible. The river carried his ashes to the entire world just as his translation would bring the Gospel to the world.
John also refused the truth about Jesus being present in the Eucharist. Which is horrible because we have proof from the early Church Father's and the Bible that Jesus is recieved in the bread and wine during the last supper and the mass. The man contradicted 2000yrs of Apostolic teachings on this subject. He was definitely a heretic.
@@dman7668 Does it taste like blood and flesh? Did you miss the part where we are forbidden from drinking blood, as the pagans did? The rituals being performed during catholic eucharist are pagan in origin.
James 2:24 "You see how a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone " Sad to see you gave up the true Church for a watered down overly simplified protestant one.
@@dman7668 I thought that way too until I started rightly dividing the word as it says in Timothy. Also learning about dispensations. If it was the case that we are then justified by our continued good actions, then I doomed because this morning I had an argument with my husband. I try to live a good Christian life and definitely being sanctified but I still fall short. Here’s what we need to remember. It’s the condition of sin In our earthly bodies we have a sin nature. We do not get completely glorified until we come back to the Lord Jesus Christ. That’s why we are in the age of grace. It is a beautiful gospel that’s why it is called the good news. I see the Lord working in my life tremendously I am out preaching the gospel I am going to visit the sick and I still have a sin nature and we all do that’s why it says that no one can boast. God bless you!
@@BUSINESSCHICMAMA Your good works are a source of justification before God, as a protestant the reformation has misunderstood the scriptures and passed this misunderstanding onto you. Works are accepted as a means of justification before God, because we are under a system of grace. The same system that accepts your faith as a means of justification is also accepting your good works. That is what James means when he writes this: "You see how a man is JUSTIFIED by his WORKS and not by FAITH ALONE " James says exactly what I've just explained to you. Learn more about Christian history and you too will join me in rejecting protestantism. It is not God's word they are teaching. But their interpretation of God's word.
@@dman7668 Romans 5:1-2, Ephesians 2:8-9. If you believe there is a contradiction here with these and your favorite verse in James, that means your understanding is faulty.
“It is easier to fool someone, Than to 'convince' them they have been fooled.” ~ Mark Twain ~~~ Please 'Continue' to Evangelize Roman Catholics !!! ~~~ :)
@@henrybayard6574 we are saved by Jesus's shed blood. Jesus is the lamb of God, blood sacrifice for our sins. We are judged by what we did after we are saved, what rewards we get for all the eternity. It isn't what we do, it is what Jesus has done for us.
@@SonicSnakeRecords That seems like a scary verse, I know, but it means exactly what it says. I believe that, since the revelation of the gospel of faith alone of Paul, the gospel truly recognized and preached after Acts 15 is the one we are saved by. It seems as though James 2 was written before the Pauline revelation, since Gentiles were not written to. James wrote to the twelve tribes which were scattered abroad (not any spiritual Israel or the whole nation). He wrote of how to live a good life according to everything that Jesus said in the four gospels, following the law, etc. That’s not Pauline doctrine, as we can clearly see. Paul preached, “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth” (Romans 10:4). Not all the Bible is to be doctrinally applied to every person in the world, as there are different messages to different people and nations. It’s not as clear cut as you might think. Christian application is a lot of the time non-doctrinal (the application to whom the book was written; even subdivided recipients). We must study to shew ourselves approved unto God, as workmen who do not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Also, the Bible is not full of one message alone. That’s also a killer for people.
@@proverbs3_5-8 From Wylie? Did you say "their history"? Sure you don't mean "a historic novel"? I mean Ivanhoe is not exactly the best way to study relations between Saxons and Normans in King Richard's time ...
A Roman Emperor decided that this Christianity thing was a problem and that coopting it was the way to go. The Roman Pagan religion was a lot like the Catholic Church in structure, it's leader was the Pontifex Maximus
Please explain what false teachings they are preaching?? As an ex-catholic do you believe that your grandparents and great grandparents are all in hell??
I remember as a young boy with 12months of baptist Sunday school under my belt and hearing from the neighbour kids who went to a catholic school etc. I picked up on the praying to false idols straight away. Then confession confused me. Why do I want to confess to some creepy old man when I can pray directly to God and ask for forgiveness. But I also understood Jesus death and resurrection payed for my past, present and future sins. I'm now 51yo but I look back and I'm suprised on how much I actually learnt back then as a 10yo. The other thing I couldn't get my head around was that Jesus set an example for us to live our lifes and he was poor, he never had a special flashy building built to teach in. Yet the catholic religion were so wealthy they could fix world hunger but instead they need that money to make more expensive dresses for the pope. As a 10yo I just saw too many red flags.
False idols? Who were they praying to? Golden calf? Confession is founded in the Bible and is a Sacrament Christ instituted. James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. Unfortunately evil has infiltrated the Church, but do people stop going to school because of teachers that were predators? Also, about your claims of the Catholic Church being uncharitable are ingnorant. If you research the numbers with all other denomination or any other world religion you would soon realize none other can hold a candle. This is why people play the charity card.👇 ◄ John 12:4-6 ► New International Version 4 But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him,(A) objected, 5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.[a]” 6 He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag,(B) he used to help himself to what was put into it. ⚜️Ave Maria 👑 🇻🇦
It's obvious they did NOT believe what they claimed to believe about Heaven, Hell and God's judgement. No one can murder Christian children and believe that is what Jesus Christ of the New Testament desires. No one.
I know you haven't realized this, but protestantism is left wing. You people wonder why your churches are leaning left these days is because you don't understand that it was always progressive from the start.
@@dman7668 no, we see the Methodist and other so called Christian’s trying to be like the world. The real ones are always few. A sign of the times is when so called Christian’s are inseparable from the world. It’s happening
❤I’m an Ex Catholic who is now a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ and making other disciples as I walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. And that Rock is Christ 1 Corinthians 10:4 . The Lord is my Rock and my salvation
Christ is the Corner Stone not the Rock His being the chief corner-stone of the Church Isa 28:16 1Pe 2:6,7😊😊 As Greek scholars-even non-Catholic ones-admit, the words petros and petra were synonyms in first century Greek. They meant "small stone" and "large rock" in some ancient Greek poetry, centuries before the time of Christ, but that distinction had disappeared from the language by the time Matthew’s Gospel was rendered in Greek. The difference in meaning can only be found in Attic Greek, but the New Testament was written in Koine Greek-an entirely different dialect. In Koine Greek, both petrosandpetrasimply meant "rock."If Jesus had wanted to call Simon a small stone, the Greek lithoswould have been used. The missionary’s argument didn’t work and showed a faulty knowledge of Greek. (For an Evangelical Protestant Greek scholar’s admission of this, see D. A. Carson, The Expositor’s Bible Commentary [Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984], Frank E. Gaebelein, ed., 8:368). Beyond the grammatical evidence, the structure of the narrative does not allow for a downplaying of Peter’s role in the Church. Look at the way Matthew 16:15-19 is structured. After Peter gives a confession about the identity of Jesus, the Lord does the same in return for Peter. Jesus does not say, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are an insignificant pebble and on this rock I will build my Church. . . . I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven." Jesus is giving Peter a three-fold blessing, including the gift of the keys to the kingdom, not undermining his authority. To say that Jesus is downplaying Peter flies in the face of the context. Jesus is installing Peter as a form of chief steward or prime minister under the King of Kings by giving him the keys to the kingdom. As can be seen in Isaiah 22:22, kings in the Old Testament appointed a chief steward to serve under them in a position of great authority to rule over the inhabitants of the kingdom. Jesus quotes almost verbatum from this passage in Isaiah, and so it is clear what he has in mind. He is raising Peter up as a father figure to the household of faith (Is. 22:21), to lead them and guide the flock (John 21:15-17). This authority of the prime minister under the king was passed on from one man to another down through the ages by the giving of the keys, which were worn on the shoulder as a sign of authority. Likewise, the authority of Peter has been passed down for 2000 years by means of the papacy. Petros vs Petra Jesus spoke aramaic not Greek. The Aramaic leaves no room for the Petros/Petra distinction. In Aramaic the work for rock is Kepha(rock) and upon this Kepha(rock) I will build my church. Why does the Greek use two different words? because the Greek word for rock is feminine. The translator gave petra a masculine ending and rendered it petros. Petros was the preexisting word meaning "small stone". The Greek text is a translation of Jesus' words, which were actually spoken in Aramaic. Aramaic only had one word for rock, kephas (which is why Peter is often called Cephas in the Bible). The word Kephas in Aramaic means "huge rock." The Aramaic word for "little stone" is "evna," and Peter was not called "Evna" or "Envas" or anything like that. In Aramaic, Jesus said "You are Peter (Kephas) and upon this rock (kephas) I will build my Church." The metaphor worked well in Aramaic where nouns are neither feminine or masculine, but in Greek, the noun "rock" was feminine, and therefore unsuitable as a name for Peter. So the Aramaic wordKephas was translated to the masculine name Petros when it referred to Peter, and to the feminine noun petra when it referred to the rock. In ancient Koine Greek, petra and petros were total synonyms, unlike modern Attic Greek and unlike Ionic Greek which was about 400 year before Christ.😎😎
Matthew 7:21, NIV: Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.
Kinda makes ya wanna pause before ya say "I was born and raised Catholic" 🤔🤬!!! Yikes!!! Thanks Mr. Freil for energy for the the kingdom... I love it!!
This is what makes Reformation Day (Oct. 31) so important! I thank God for Him bringing the reformation to His people. For Jesus glory, not ours. Soli Deo Gloria
Does not the conduct of the Reformers conclusively show the utter folly of interpreting the Scriptures by private judgment? As soon as they rejected the oracle of the Church, and set up their own private judgment as the highest standard of authority, they could hardly agree among themselves on the meaning of a single important text. The Bible became in their hands a complete Babel. The sons of Noe attempted in their pride to ascend to heaven by building the tower of Babel; and their scheme ended in the confusion and multiplication of tongues. The children of the Reformation endeavored in their conceit to lead men to heaven by the private interpretation of the Bible, and their efforts led to the confusion and the multiplication of religions. Let me give you one example out of a thousand. These words of the Gospel," This is My body," were understood only in one sense before the Reformation. The new lights of the sixteenth century gave no fewer than eighty different meanings to these four simple words; and since their time the number of interpretations has increased to over a hundred. Protestantism has always been an angry movement marked by judgment, elitism, discord, discrimination, and disunity. Indeed, are these not the fruits of sinful pride and bitter hatred? So one might reasonably ask. May anyone be truly Protestant without staunchly being in a state of constant protest and disagreement? Can anyone be Protestant without being against some thing, or some tradition or some doctrine or someone at every moment? Such opposition seems essential to Protestantism. For if it were to cease, it would beg one question... "Why are we not all Catholic?" Surely all people of Christian faith would agree that what Christ founds does not fragment. What Christ begins does not fail. What Christ unites is not dis-unified. Rather, what Christ founds and leads is one, holy and apostolic. That Protestantism continues to fragment is the ultimate proof of its fallacy and in-authenticity. But, unlike most movements, Protestantism takes such great pride in its ongoing failures, seeing each break with Christian unity, each moment of discord, each battle of words and belief as signs of holding the true faith. Yet Protestantism has failed, in this respect, to offer any evidence of its historical or mystical connection to the Body of Christ. Instead, each denomination repeats the same, sad pattern of reform and brief unity followed by discord and then further fragmentation under the guise of new reform. Historically, Protestantism is a movement founded in hatred, blood and destruction. Many faithful, including priests, monks, nuns and bishops, were murdered at the hands of the first Protestant "reformers." Churches were looted and burned. Altars were desecrated. People were robbed, raped and murdered and all in the name of God. Does that remind you of anything going on in the Middle-east these days? Is that the sort of heritage Protestants celebrate when they speak of their "glorious reformation?" Is that what Protestants aspire to when they celebrate Reformation Day?😂😂
@@dman7668 "And this one thing is certain…the Christianity of history is not Protestantism. If there ever were a safe truth, it is this. And Protestantism has ever felt it so… This is shown in the determination…of dispensing with historical Christianity altogether, and of forming a Christianity from the Bible alone: men never would have put [historical Christianity] aside, unless they had despaired of it… To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant." “Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.”✨✨
The Reformers had ppl murdered if they didn't join their club, the Protestant monarchies in Europe persecuted non-Protestants, the Puritans were the American Pharisees, Protestants fought against the abolition of slavery, and they created white supremacist groups. So what did the Reformation accomplish?
My ancestors were Huguenots, the t is silent, who escaped to Belgium and then onto England. That's where we get the word Refugee from. They were the artisans of the land and it was just as much about resources and wealth as religious affiliation. The huge influx of Huguenots to England was huge boon to the economy and is widely regarded as the reason why the fair isles became Great Britain.
My ancestors on my dad's side were also Huguenots, though they settled in the Netherlands. Apparently I also have Jewish heritage on my mum's side, so being someone whose family has suffered through some of the most oppression in history (first christians, then Huguenots, and Jews and Dutch protestants) certainly gives me some examples to look to. I just hope and pray to God that if/when the time comes to suffer as they did that I can be as strong.
@@HartyBiker The Huguenots went around France burning churches and destroying Catholic properties. That is not exactly something as a Christian that you should be proud of.
@@Donald43ify Yep, that’s what we were told as Roman Catholics along with a lot of other lies. I would strongly advise you question everything you’ve been taught and practice verifying everything directly yourself from unbiased sources.
@@Donald43ify You also might want to do some research on John Paul II, and his apologies for the sins of Catholics going all the way back to the Crusades. 6 centuries of massacres, genocide, horrific torture, burning men, women and children alive because they refused to bow to the many blasphemous false teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. Read Rev 17 and see if you can recognize the very specific details John mentions in his vision. Sounds exactly like the Roman Catholic Church down to the golden chalice and the description of what these folks wore- purple. Next, I would suggest you read the book “Vicars of Christ “ written by an honest Roman Catholic priest on the bloody history of Roman Catholicism. Remember, what God‘s word, says “you will know them by their fruit “ There wouldn’t be enough time to go through the long repulsive disgusting history of Roman Catholicism and it’s rotten fruit.
I’ve read a book by the late Dave Hunt. He was a prophecy scholar. His books name, “A Woman Rides the Beast”. It’s also about the RCC’s gruesome history and all the popes debaucheries. He believed the woman atop the beast from Revelation is the RCC!
The woman on top of the beast is the papacy (see the 3-tiered tiara on her head?- that's the pope's traditional headcover). The first beast (from the sea) is the Roman Catholic Church. Unmistakeably so- RCC suffered a deadly wound in 1789 (as prophesied) and the wound healed. Now they are implementing a one world religion under the the cover of ecumenism and "tolerance".
she is definitely the harlot that rides the beast which is legislation. rcc always hides behind the state laws to do their dirty work. kovd v/x/ene for example. book: washington in the lap of rome
foxe was an extremist even among the protestant reformers. Most ecclesiastical historians agree his work isnt often accurate. In other words, you are simply reading propaganda. Not that you seem to have a particular bias (sarcasm).😊😊
@@biblealone9201 While your statements about Foxe may be accurate, the exhortation and question remains based on the overall message of the book: are You willing to die for Christ?
Part of it is because Catholic heresy still runs surprisingly deep in Protestantism's veins. Another part is because trying to use Earthly powers to bludgeon enemies of the Way into submission is generally a bad idea (see, the History of the Catholic Church). When Christians are on their game, they literally have the support of the All-Powerful Creator of Everything, they don't need to lean on political or military maneuvering. Or put another way, if the fake religions are going strong, it means the Church is being lazy.
Yeah its insane that over 1B people think Catholics are followers of Christ. Worshiping the Pope, the Virgin Mary, idols, performing pagan rituals, etc.
Catholicism is a cult. By definition a cult is a religious system directed toward following a particular figure- and we follow Christ. So I would imagine you meant to accuse us of being an occult? Of which, humbly I would reply, we are not. Do you have any questions about Catholicism or Mary in particular I can answer for you?
@@marlam8625 On what basis do you consider Mary a figure more worthy of respect than other noteworthy Biblical figures, like David or Moses? Why her in particular? She was a servant of YHWH who performed a task she was called upon to perform.
@@SonicSnakeRecords Yeah. Let's just not delve into Oliver Cromwell. Let's not delve into the first anabaptists in Muenster. Let's not consider that Luther thought that muslims might prove useful allies against Catholics. Let's just air grievances against Catholics. I don't really like to comment because it can get pretty time consuming, but nice work pushing against the protestant narrative. It gets frustrating at times.
@@jimbus4096There is no commonality and nothing condusive can ever come out of it. I think every religion should just focus on ironing out their own issues.
"It is interesting to note how often our Church has availed herself of practices which were in common use among pagans...Thus it is true, in a certain sense, that some Catholic rites and ceremonies are a reproduction of those of pagan creeds...." (The Externals of the Catholic Church, Her Government, Ceremonies, Festivals, Sacramentals and Devotions, by John F. Sullivan, p 156, published by P.J. Kennedy, NY, 1942) "It has often been charged... that Catholicism is overlaid with many pagan incrustations. Catholicism is ready to accept that accusation - and even to make it her boast... the great god Pan is not really dead, he is baptized" -The Story of Catholicism p 37 The penetration of the religion of Babylon became so general and well known that Rome was called the "New Babylon." -Faith of our fathers 1917 ed. Cardinal Gibbons, p. 106 In Stanley's History, page 40: "The popes filled the place of the vacant emperors at Rome, inheriting their power, their prestige, and their titles from PAGANISM." "That the Church of Rome has shed more innocent blood than any other institution that has ever existed among mankind, will be questioned by no Protestant who has a competent knowledge of history . . . It is impossible to form a complete conception of the multitude of her victims, and it is quite certain that no powers of imagination can adequately realize their sufferings."--W. E. H. Lecky, History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe, vol. 2, p. 32, 1910 edition. (An excellent though lengthy article describing in detail the right of the Roman Catholic Church to do this, will be found in The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 12, p. 266.) "For professing faith contrary to the teachings of the Church of Rome, history records the martyrdom of more then one hundred million people. A million Waldenses and Albigenses [Swiss and French Protestants] perished during a crusade proclaimed by Pope Innocent III in 1208. Beginning from the establishment of the Jesuits in 1540 to 1580, nine hundred thousand were destroyed. One hundred and fifty thousand perished by the Inquisition in thirty years. Within the space of thirty-eight years after the edict of Charles V against the Protestants, fifty thousand persons were hanged, beheaded, or burned alive for heresy. Eighteen thousand more perished during the administration of the Duke of Alva in five and a half years."--Brief Bible Readings, p. 16.
I'm Protestant, but this is an incredibly misleading and one-sided analysis. Many of these events have been wildly exaggerated, and history is always complicated. The Inquisition, for example, was responsible for like 800-5000 deaths over 350 years, not these genocidal numbers. I implore my Protestant brethren, along with Catholics and Orthodox, to do some real reading and research; there is no shortage of resources, even right here on RUclips. Get your history from actual historians and scholars, backed up by primary sources when possible - not from 8 minute polemical videos. May God bless and guide us all. ✝️💖
You should read Fox's Book of Martyrs, Rulers of Evil ,and Secret History of the Jesuits. You should also look into what went on in Croatia during WW2. There was absolution given by Rome for the killings of Orthodox Christians. Rome is the city in seven hills discussed in Revelations killing the Saints.
@@joycegreer9391 Documented by whom? Where are you getting this information? Certain individuals within the RCC supported the Nazi regime in various ways, and some profited from it. So did many Protestants - not everyone was Dietrich Bonhoeffer. In fact, Martin Luther was a notoriously vicious anti-Semite - and the Nazis used some of his writings as propaganda. But neither group ever officially supported the ideology as part of its doctrine. And there were many in both groups who resisted the Nazis as well. Poland, for example, was mostly Catholic - and the Polish resistance was one of the fiercest in all of Europe. The same was true with France - another predominantly Catholic nation with a large and determined resistance to the Third Reich. Many were killed for their trouble. And, for what it's worth, Hitler despised all branches of Christianity - especially Catholicism, which he viewed as a potential rival for people's loyalty. It's also worth noting that the RCC has consistently opposed Communism around the world (well, with the exception of the current pope, who is a flaming leftist - which infuriates many Catholics). They're also staunchly pro-life, which is why leftist governments are constantly fighting Catholic organizations over abortion. And it's almost exclusively Protestant (well, allegedly) "churches" that have embraced the psychotic gender madness, with LGBT "pastors" encouraging everyone's sexual sin and even blaspheming Christ in their "sermons". There's plenty of blame to go around. To be sure, the RCC has many problems - some quite severe - but it's not the sinister den of demonic evil that some people think it is. We've got to be honest with each other, and with ourselves. I pray that you can find some balanced historical analyses to study. God bless you! ✝️💖
Thank you for being one of the few honest people here. Notice how all this talk about Catholics but no mention of Catholic persecutions that happened in Protestant regions especially England. It’s easy to say Protestants good Catholics bad when you don’t even cover what Protestants did to Catholics or what Protestants did to other Protestants.
That's a good point, and true. But should we then ignore these crimes? This video serves as good reminder of the evils of humanity to not tolerate even their own.
I mean you're right, after the first couple centuries things went pretty downhill for the entire Church in the West, honestly. Doesn't excuse the Catholic Church from literally being a rebrand of the old pagan Roman cult, though, so it still needs to go.
@@Kiryu1985 Protestants never do that though because they would rather have ppl believe that their own religion doesn't have a fundamentally antichrist history. Martin Luther had a famous hatred for Jews and anything considered "Jewish", but do Protestants talk about that? No.
No, that is not as true as RCC tortures and killings. How much of the past violence of the Reformation was from RCC and caused by RCC? RCC extended their torture and killing to the New World also.
@Kiryu1985 also what's his point? Calvin explicitly taught humanulity was "totally depraved," which whether he believed it or not, included him. But if Calvin was "totally depraved" so what? But unlike Calvin the Catholic Church denies the doctrine of total depravity right? Maybe I'm missing something but the total depravity of both protestants and Catholics during the 16th and 17th centuries seems to only be a theological problem for the Catholic Church right? (Especially since unlike protestant churches, it also claims to be the only true and also infallible church)
When I asked a Christian bookstore where this Dave Hunt book was, the owner sheepishly took one out from under the counter where is was hidden by a fabric curtain.
Matthew 7:21, NIV: Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.
The horrific history of the RCC is exactly the consequence of what happens when a man is in the place of Gods glory, power and authority. This is EXACTLY why Peter took a stand against this kind thing; he knew through divine inspiration that none could or would rule like God, and that that office WILL lead to destruction and calamity if supplanted by man.
That is definitely an atrocious part of RCC history (all of which I never knew about being raised in Catholicism), but to be fair, why not do a video on John Calvin and the way he requested beheadings and made death threats to those that didn’t believe in his doctrine (namely predestination?) I like you Todd, and I am a former Catholic- born again many years ago, but I believe all religions who hold beliefs other than the fact that Jesus died FOR ALL, need to be called out. 🙏🏻
Great point! I do think Todd had made comments on John Calvin. I’m not sure if he ever made a video on it. But I do know I have made several remarks on his channel regarding John Calvin. Wretched is well read and knowledgeable and if I am not mistaken comes from a strong Baptist background. And the Anabaptist “Separatists” were the main opposition as well as victims of the Calvinist Protestant Reformers. I too would like to see him make a video explaining this, but maybe he is simply picking his battles. John Calvin was a petty, evil, vindictive individual. However, he was a rather brilliant theologian, although wrong on many issues like predestination and church “authority”. Comes to show how true that even if one can preach with the voice on and angel but has not love, it accounts for nothing. Also keep in mind, if he does a video on Calvin, why not Luther? Luther wrote extensively as to why the Jews should be literally exterminated. It’s by no coincidence that the Holocaust started in Germany. I little seed of evil seed will eventually take over the entire garden. Luther didn’t expel quite enough wicked RC doctrines and practices.
No one claims that protestants have never committed evil acts, but John Calvin never claimed to be the infallible vicor of Christ. The fact that the Catholic Church claims that the Pope is the infallible vicor of Christ and yet CLEARLY teaches false doctrine proves that he is not the vicor of Christ nor is he infallible. But is in fact a false Christ. Hence the entire Roman Catholic religion crumbles. And the fact that the Catholic Church claims to be the "ONE" true church and yet their actions and theology (that were APPROVED or ORDERED) by the Pope once again proves that they are NOT the ONE true church. In fact they are not a true church at all. Although I do believe some Catholics may be saved. But if they are saved they are not really Catholics and I believe the holy spirit will lead them out of the Catholic Church.
@@joycegreer9391 John Calvin approved and promoted death to his theological enemies and who he believed to be heretics. He believed that God kept them alive longer so they could be tortured. “I am persuaded that it is not without the special will of God that, apart from any verdict of the judges, the criminals have endured protracted torment at the hands of the executioner.” - Calvin's letter to Farel
@@joycegreer9391 “Servetus offers to come hither, if it be agreeable to me. But I am unwilling to pledge my word for his safety, for if he shall come, I shall never permit him to depart alive, provided my authority be of any avail.” - Letter to Farel, 13 February 1546 Servetus, who was also a Protestant but was critical of John Calvin, did show up and Calvin had him arrested and charged with heresy including rejection of the trinity and infant baptism. He was then condemned to death
Up until about 1525 it wasn't the RC church, but rather the church in general. After that, those that attempted reforms were targeted. Today thank goodness no church has that level of earthly political power.
Sure it was. You missed the various massecres of earlier small sects of Christians that weren't under the Pope. The Waldensians being some of them. There were ALWAYS separate Christian churches small in numbers in places outside of the corrupt roman catholic churches influence and power. Ehtiopia for example and there were more before being wiped out by Islam. The church of rome started out fine but was instantly corrupted when one of the emperers took it over after they had been trying to slaughter all the Christians for many decades.
John Foxe's (or Fox's) "Book of Martyrs," is available on the net to read, but watch out for revised and edited versions as some versions are incorrect. There was a continuation of the persecution of Protestants and Jews in the New World as well, in both French and Spanish lands.
You forgot 1928 fascist march on Rome and the treaty of the vatican which led to Mussolini being put into power. Then the Jesuit priest Bernard Staempfler co wrote with hitler mein kampf.
@@gch8810 it is brave to call out a hypocritical organization that has no claim to the glory of Jesus Christ and that has been completely take over by corruption, wokeism and evil.
Unfortunately, a counterargument from rcc people would be: 'Look how God jept the RC alive in the midst of such corruption. The rcc church must be the church of the apostles.'
One of my favorite books is called “2000 years of charismatic Christianity”goes over how the Catholic Church demonized and killed basically any Christian that didn’t agree with them
@@dman7668 Here's a non-distorting fact: Like the rest of us, you're a sinner. Without being born again, repenting of your sins against your creator and trusting in Jesus' death as the penalty that you owe, you are doomed to a tormenting eternity in Hell. One day, and none of us know which it will be, we'll all face judgment. I hope and pray that you will repent and be born again into eternal life, while you have the option. In love and service to Jesus Christ, the creator and Savior.
It always confused me when I would hear a Catholic Cardinal give a speech about capital punishment and claim the church never held to the view of the death penalty. Glad I'm saved now.
He must have stuttered, because we did, but that changed, because the entire setup of the Church is that some doctrine and positions can change over time
Thank you for this post. I live in a county in the Mid West that is primarily Roman Catholic. It is extremely difficult to witness to those caught up in the traditions and culture of this “system.” This has given me food for thought. I have even heard from the pulpit of evangelical churches that our friends in the RCC are merely members of another denomination 😢 ‘Fraid not!
There is no such thing as the Roman Catholic Church. Protestants made that term up. It was meant to slander the Catholic Church by insinuating that there was some other Catholicism other then the one we all knew of. Which there wasn't.
It's a keeper for historical distortions of complex events in history and hocking lies like salvation by faith alone when James 2:24 says "You see how a man is justified by his works and not by faith alone "
@@derekbellon85 Matthew 7:21 ► New International Version “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Todd the audio on this is poor. I can hardly hear you. I was raised Catholic, but quit going when I went to a public high school. When I got in my mid 20's I saw my need for salvation. I repented of my sins, was baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and was filled with the Holy Ghost. I recently bought the book, Foxe's book of Myrters. An old copy before Billy Graham turned it into a politically correct version and removed certain chapters. Like chapter 4, the Papal persecution. The chapter tells of horrible things the Pope and the Roman Catholics did to non Catholics. Murder, rape, steal, took control of people's houses and land. All in the name of God.
@@brandonhelgeson2422late reply 1yr later, but allow me Yes, James is indeed talking about salvation. The next is about salvation. He even writes this before 2:17👇 James 2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? 👉can that faith save him?👈 There is no doubt the context is salvation. The evidence is incontrovertible.
@@dman7668 Romans 10:9 says different “if you declare with your mouth and believe with your heart God raised him from the dead you will be saved” Also Ephesians 2:8-9 would contradict the idea that works saves or works is part of salvation Even in James 2:17 nowhere in that verse is salvation the focus it’s not actually mentioned, rather faith is the focus. Saying why would you call yourself a Christian/believer yet not live like one. So yes faith without works is dead because what good is it to have faith yet not display it.
@@dman7668 Or in other words He is not disputing that faith alone saves. He is not claiming that works save. James is most definitely saying that a faith which saves, by its very nature, is something which produces works.
@@brandonhelgeson2422 You wrote: _"Or in other words He is not disputing that faith alone saves. He is not claiming that works save. James is most definitely saying that a faith which saves, by its very nature, is something which produces works."_ Reply: Brandon, this is called mental gymnastics. It's when a person's mind cannot accept they are being contradicted due to their own bia's in the protestant doctrine of justification by faith alone. You cannot seriously tell me James says you are not saved by faith alone, and then tell me he believes faith alone saves. That no offense is a pretty dumb. James 2:24 says this "You see how a man is justified by his works and not by faith alone" It does not mean this: "You see how a man is justified by faith alone" That is NOT what James writes in 2:24. He does in fact, contradict sola fide.
@@brandonhelgeson2422 You wrote this: _"Romans 10:9 says different “if you declare with your mouth and believe with your heart God raised him from the dead you will be saved” Also Ephesians 2:8-9 would contradict the idea that works saves or works is part of salvation Even in James 2:17 nowhere in that verse is salvation the focus it’s not actually mentioned, rather faith is the focus. Saying why would you call yourself a Christian/believer yet not live like one. So yes faith without works is dead because what good is it to have faith yet not display it."_ Reply: No Brandon. I know you think Romans 10:9 can be used to prop up sola fide. But it cannot be used this way. Niether can Ephesians 2:8-9. Protestants like you think Ephesians 2:8-9 supports sola fide, Which it does not. Protestants assume that because Ephesians says "Not of works lest anyone boast" there brain automatically then translates that to "It's by faith alone" I know EXACTLY how you are reading this verse in Ephesians 2:8-9. But we will circle back to WHY you cannot interpret Ephesians that way in a later post. Let's go back to James. James 2:17 is indeed under the context of salvation as I already told you in a previous response. Read James 2:14. It is absolutely talking about salvation. There is no doubting that or misunderstanding it Brandon. Let's look at the ENTIRE passage together. James 2:14-17 14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? 👉Can such faith save them?👈 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. You cannot get around James saying in 14 "Can such faith save him" So answer me this question Brandon, was James saying in passage 14 "can such faith save him" be referring to physical danger? If James was NOT talking about salvation why did he write "Can that faith save him?" No Brandon, the context is indeed salvation. That is why your interpretation of James not being about salvation is wrong flat out.
@@gch8810 I look forward to hearing about your fictional catholic-approved revisionist history in your rebuttal video. be sure to post here when you've finished fabricating--err, I mean "compiling" your historical evidence to the contrary ;)
The most hated institution in the world is the longest lasting office in all history of mankind. The Papacy is the oldest office. We have not change the teachings of Our Lord JesusChrist for close two millennia. God bless🙏🏻 Pray the Rosary 📿 Viva Cristo Rey!
"The longest lasting office in the history of the world in all history of mankind" is way longer lasting and ancient than you think. It goes all the way back to ancient pagan Babylon and pagan Egypt.
@@glenwillson5073 Catholics don't support paganism. I am a Catholic and I am not a pagan. I support all the doctrines of the Catholic Church. I am a Christian.
I am very happy to be Catholic. No other church on earth recognizes and celebrates the Transubstantiation of the Holy Eucharist the way the Catholic Church does. Have you explained your way out of this too, preacher? A very very Biblical teaching, which is imperative to your standards? What is your excuse for that?
Not really... ? We don't tolerate antisemitism from any Theologian, Luther was persecuted all of his life, and had mental issues that would make him a genius at theology, but a monster at having a short temper. Do you know how many Jews Luther murdered and turtured? It might be a big number, I don't know, it might also be zer0.
@@Kiryu1985 He does get a pass from Protestants. Any time his rabid hatred of Jews is brought up, the response is always "he was a flawed man, like all of us". That isn't a character flaw. That kind of hatred for Jews comes from someone who is heavily influenced or possessed by the devil.
They called him Hitlers pope….he lied to the USA about what Hitler was doing. The Catholic Church apologized to the Jewish people in the 1990’s for turning their backs on them. The Vatican has records of Pope Pius indicating he kept quiet about the slaughter of the Jewish people by the Nazis, he may have collaborated with the Nazis. These reports emerged out of Germany from some researchers from the university of Muenster. Who went to Rome despite the coronavirus crisis for the opening of Pius’s wartime papers. Pius had stated that the Jews could not be trusted. All the atrocities of this church and its faithful followers still defend them. If only they followed Jesus the Christ the way they follow that church.
The Pope blesses everyone whether they recieve the blessing or not. In a speech in the early years of his rule, Hitler declared himself "Not a Catholic, but a German Christian". The German Christians were a Protestant group that supported Nazi Ideology.
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@@paynedv Not so fast, not so glib. What we call today, the Old Testament, is made up of books that God inspired and gave to the people of ancient Israel. The books of the Old Testament, have been kept and copied by the Jews, right down to the present day, totally independent of the Catholic church. If the Catholic church never existed, we would still have access to all the books of the Old Testament, simply by going to a Synagogue. Try telling the Jews the Old Testament is a Catholic book. So that just leaves the New Testament writings. That's a different story completely. All the original New Testament writings, were available to people, when God completed the New Testament when he inspired John to write Revelation. If you don't think people had access to all the New Testament writings at the time of John, where exactly to you think these writings were? Where were they hiding? So, not so fast, not so glib.
@@glenwillson5073, Have you seen the debate on the Old Testament canon with Trent Horn or the research done by Gary Machuta? No? I would drop quotations on you but it's better for you to look it up yourself
@@paynedv It's always good to look at arguments that differ from your own, so I will have a look. But it's going to have to be something really spectacular to knock out thousand of years of Jewish custodianship of the Old Testament, including the last 2000 years. I've not found scholars to be all that impressive when it comes to the Bible. They often argue from preconceived, unproven assumptions. And they often just pick one conclusion, that supports their pre-existing bias, while simply ignoring all other equally logical possible conclusions. Regardless, its impossible to deny that we have the Old Testament scriptures because of the Jews not the Catholic church. The Old Testament scriptures really constitute a Jewish book not a Catholic book. The Catholic church mucked about with the so called cannon but it's because of the Jews that we have the Old Testament.
Ever hear that the Catholic church when in minority is gentle as a lamb. When in equality is sly as a fox. When in majority a ravionous Lion seeking to devour?
@@gch8810 false. Why is it, that whenever muslims took over catholic dominated countries, they kept the same dome churches? They simply knocked off the sun cross and replaced it with a crescent moon and star??? Fatima is another connection with catholicism and islam. Who is fatima? She is one of mohameds daughters. He had no sons.
Have you read the Romans 1:16 "gospel of your salvation" by which lost souls are saved today? Whats this gospel of salvation? Just believe how that: Jesus already forgave you and died for all your sins according to scripture: Because of Adams sin, there were none good in the eyes of God. All have sinned, and all fall short of the glory of God He [Jesus] who new no sin was made sin for you. He's NOT mad at you. He loves you. He litterally loved you to death. He reconciled himself to you, me, and the world. He made peace with you by way of his blood-stained cross, presenting himself as a perfect sacrifice for your sins. He was then buried WITH your sins, and rose again three says later WITHOUT your sins, so you would recieve this truth, believe it and be saved. Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: Thats the good news! God is waiting for you to come to him through faith in the FINISHED performance of Jesus Christ and nothing else. Ephesians 2:8,9. Romans 3:20 When you do, you are made righteous in the sight of God, because you are now "in Christ" and Christ is in you. Will you put your faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ? Romans 3:25. Be made justified and reconcile yourself back to God. Romans 5:1 He has already completed all the work for your salvation. Learn more about righly dividing the word of truth at truthtime radio on yt. It takes away all the confusion. Grace and peace. Verse Refrences: Romans 3:20 -23 Romans 5:1 Ephesians 1:7 Ephesians 2:8,9 2 Corinthians 5:19-21 Colossians 1:20 1Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV.
This is such a Strawman. I love that he calls people in this video “Christian,” in that if they were alive today, he would have a video out about how they are not true Christians. For instance the 1209 Albigensians, they denied the incarceration of Christ, and were Gnostic. Also if even Martin Luther were around today, he would be considered not a true Christian. Protestantism always produces a “Truer Christian” then the previous one.
@@joycegreer9391 No, Catholicism is a beautiful way to worship our Lord Jesus Christ. There are many things I don't believe as they believe, but nothing they believe from what I have read and experienced is blasphemous. True devout believers are Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Praise be to God that He can intercede for us with our questions on differences, if we have a contrite heart and right spirit. May you devote your life to Christ in your non-Catholic way, as I have.
Protestant churches and leaders aren't any better, we just have a shorter history. There has been much violence done by Protestants to the Catholics, and your beloved Calvin also was up for burning people alive. I am Protestant by the way, I have much love and respect for my Catholic brothers and sisters
Are you okay with what catholics are taught and believe? It's one thing to love and respect someone. It's often another thing to love them enough to tell them the biblical truth. Eternity hangs in the balance. As you know, many will say to Him on that day, "Lord, Lord..." And He will tell them, "Depart from me you worker of iniquity, I never knew you."
@@LV4EVR A few years back through studying i was thinking about becoming Catholic, I go to a baptist church, but I was also attending a Catholic church for a full year as well. There were a few things that I disagree with about Catholicism, so I ended up staying where I was at. However there are things I disagree with in regards to the Baptist church I attended. I would say Catholics are my brothers and sisters in Christ and I wouldn't encourage a Catholic to leave their community and become protestant
That is not true. Of course there are things that have been done by Protestants, but nowhere near the number of killings by RCC. The RCC has tortured and killed more people than anyone in history. They attempted to kill all Jews and "heretics" in Europe. They tortured people to convert to RCC. This is The Church of Christ?? Doesn't represent Him at all. Also, what Protestants did was AFTER the persecution from the RCC. Would they have done any killing if the RCC had not done killing? The RCC was ruthless, cruel, intolerant. They even killed their own parishioners for breaking RCC laws.
I grew up Protestant but recently was received into the Catholic Church. One of the things I had to wrestle with in making this decision was precisely the history Todd lays out here. "How could the 'One Holy Catholic' Apostolic Church" be legitimate with a history full of injustices, violence, abuses, and scandals? Surely all this bad fruit reveals the bad nature of the tree, right?" But I soon realized that if my standard for validity was based on a whole Church's history and mistakes, then every "church" or denomination would be invalidated, because every church has in its history moments and members guilty of injustice, violence, abuses, and scandals. The Catholic Church just has the unfortunate feature of having 2000 years worth of them, as opposed to maybe a few hundred years with most other churches. The Anglican Church began because Henry VIII desired to marry someone other than his current wife, whom he then proceeded to have executed. Luther encouraged his followers to "smite, strangle, and stab, secretly or publicly" rebel peasants who were causing chaos, and he approved the persecution and killings of Anabaptists. When Scotland adopted Calvinism, professing Catholics were put to death. Baptists in the American south advocated for slavery for decades which included defending that position through the Civil War. Some Evangelical Churches in Germany supported the Nazis. This isn't an attempt to defame every denomination. It's simply a demonstration that every church has its "dirty laundry", and that if you really want to be consistent and reject the Catholic Church because of its worst members and generations, then do the same with every other "church", even including God's Old Testament Church, Israel, whose entire history was one of injustice, violence, idolatry, abuse, and rampant wickeness. Let's remember Christ's own words when he prophesied that within his very Kingdom there would grow tears alongside the true wheat. We don't cast doubt on the whole kingdom when some of its members are proving to belong to a different kingdom. Peter himself, the first chief of Christ's Church, used violence against Malchus, explicitly denied Jesus thrice, and even discriminated against Gentiles for a time. And yet we would never say that 1) he was beyond redemption in any of those moments of failure, and 2) that somehow the Church he led suddenly ceased being true or valid. Men are weak. God is strong. When men rely on themselves their weakness corrupts them and those around them. When men rely on God they bless themselves and those around them. Todd would do well to have a more consistent standard across the board if this is a position he wants to insist on, or else to be more understanding of how faithfulness and unfaithfulness function in Christ's kingdom.
@@gabrieln3836 Your comment was long. To deconstruct every reaching statement would take me all night. I'm not sure it would be useful as your mind seems pretty made up. Bring it to earnest prayer and let God confirm or deny your suspicions by conviction.
@@thedogrunner remember as a protestant you don't submit to any Church authority, you just Church hop from one to another based on your flavor of the month pastor. It sucks being a protestant. It's a very confusing world to live in that rejects history and common sense in favor of a closed minded thought process that doesn't take in any new information that contradicts what your protestant overlords have told you to think.
Indictment of the Church does not equate to indictment of the Faith. Obviously there are members of the Church do evil. It’s called “the Human Condition”
@@gch8810 Then why don't you read more? #1 The Bible would be a good place for Roman Catholics to start, and don't spiritualize it. #2 A Woman Rides the Beast by Dave Hunt #3 Unholy Trinity- The Vatican, The Nazis, and the Swiss Banks by Aarons and Loftus.
@Ethan Work "Indictment of the Church does not equate to indictment of the Faith. " You are incorrect here as it would be indictments of individuals does not equal indictment of the faith. The fact that church leaders at every level would subscribe to these methods supported by the tenets of a faith that does not exist in the scripture is in itself the most condemning of indictments. Roman Catholicism is directly of the Devil. Open your eyes and see the bodies that lie at his feet. Satan enjoyed every physical death but despised that he sent those souls to the Father because of their testimony of Christ.
Thank you I have a dear catholic friend who is adamant Mary us able to intercede for him to the father and that the priest is able to pardon his sin in the confession box.
This is true. All my sins are forgiven. Think of it as a monthly tune up. My conscience is clear and I will join my loved ones in heaven some day. Jesus forgives all sins…thank god
In John 20:19-23. “On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.’ And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” Through the Holy Spirit, Jesus has allowed his apostles and their successors (which are now modern day priests) to forgive sins. It’s important to know that this power is only possible through God
Interesting stuff!!! Please comment on the Marranos, those Jews who were forced to convert to catholicism….I’ve read that Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus were both Marranos…..even that he was sent searching for a new homeland for said Jews….hmmm
@@thedogrunner Yes, we Catholics know about the dead sea scrolls, we also know the scrolls contain original copies of books Protestants rejected as part of their old testament canon which are in fact part of the bibles true canon. The BIBLE is in fact a Catholic book. The Catholic Church canonized the Bible. We know what's in it. We had copies before the Protestants did.
@@dman7668 The books that are not considered canonical are not in keeping with the rest of the books that are. You don't get to pick and choose willy nilly. By definition a "catholic" book would not be a "christian" book. Because Catholics don't rely on Christ alone. You don't consider yourself a Christian correct?
Look up Alberto Rivera, he was a Jesuit priest that escaped the Catholic Church. I met his sister before she got married in Anaktuvuk Pass Alaska…. Interesting story that needs to be heard
Where was the Protestants ❓❓ When Catholics battle the Islam invaders ❓❓ The Protestant refused 🤔❓ The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic states (comprising Spain and its Italian territories, several independent Italian states, and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta) arranged by Pope Pius V, inflicted a major defeat on the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras. The Ottoman forces were sailing westward from their naval station in Lepanto (the Venetian name of ancient Naupactus - Greek Ναύπακτος, Ottoman İnebahtı) when they met the fleet of the Holy League which was sailing east from Messina, Sicily. The Spanish Empire and the Venetian Republic were the main powers of the coalition, as the league was largely financed by Philip II of Spain, and Venice was the main contributor of ships
Uh.. they didn't exist for much of that history. Nor were they tolerated by the RCC in those areas so you are spewing propaganda. They were busy trying not to be burned at the stake if you were listening.
Have you ever read the old testament...Israel was God's chosen people. The Davidic kingdom. All the ki gs were so great right. David, Solomon all the bad kings didn't exactly live great lives and did some horrible things but it didn't change the fact that they were God's chosen. I could say more but I will stop there to not be to long.
Are you saying that all Old Testament Israelites were saved; including the evil kings and all the people who rejected God and went after the false gods of the pagan nations around them and were unrepentant were saved? How so?
@@dotero1817 My point is that just because an institution is divinely appointed by God doesn't mean every leader in that institution will always be a good person. The Davidic kingdom had good and bad kings. The Catholic church has had good and bad popes. It doesn't change the fact that both are divinely instituted by God just because it has sinners in it. Wheat and tares.
@@benwest7711 the office of pope was not divinely instituted. And according to Scripture there are no good people (Romans 3:10-12). Jesus says there is none good but God (Luke 18:19). According to CCC 882 "The Pope, Bishop of Rome and Peter's successor, is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity both of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful. For the Roman Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, and as pastor of the entire Church has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered." Jesus is the only head of the church, the body of believers. Vatican I in July of 1870 issued a formal decree concerning papal infallibility as a divinely revealed dogma that when the Roman pontiff speaks EX CATHEDRA he speaks infallibly. No man is infallible. The last statement made EX CATHEDRA was in 1950 by pope Pius XII who declared as doctrine the assumption of Mary. The first by pope Pius the IX in 1854 (later grandfathered in) was Mary's Immaculate Conception. Neither are found anywhere in Scripture. Made-up traditions became doctrines because fallible men said so? Nope. I'll stick with the truth found in God's infallible word.
There is no defending any of these terrible acts. Period. But you only focus on these disgusting moments of Catholic history to brand them as evil when there is also just as much good, beautiful, wonderful Catholic history. They are one of the largest charity organizations in the world, and provide boundless medical and educational aid. For every horrible Catholic person you cited here, I am certain there are 3 wonderful Catholic persons. "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. If we say we have no sin, we decieve ourselves, and the truth is not in us." To use your logic against you: even Martin Luther himself became belligerently anti-Semitic by the end of his life. He literally wrote that we need to burn their books and homes, steal their money from them, and even forbid them to teach "at threat of life and limb." This is the man you think got Christianity right? Because that sounds like a terrible disgusting man to me. It's easy to blame, just like Adam and Eve did with the forbidden fruit.
No one on this thread is defending Martin Luther’s antisemitic actions. Martin Luther loved the Catholic Church he disagreed with their false teachings. Jesus is the only way to the Father. He only wanted for the Catholic Church to get it right. They only wanted to kill him.
Donating means nothing lol. A guy came to Jesus saying I have followed the commandments since I ChildI have fed the poor I have sacrifice every sabbath what must I do to in herit the kingdom of God? Jesus replied well everything. He walked away sad. Catholic Church has never done that.
@@daniell9268 so have many Protestant preachers like John MacArthur, he has been made rich from his preaching and doesn’t donate a penny to help anyone.
I like your videos a lot....I am Christian from India, I request Christians all over the world to please Pray for Christians in India as many Christians face persecutions and attacks by Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sang (RSS), Hindu Yuva Vahini etc which are para-military forces that target Christian worshipers and Spreaders of the Word of GOD...Here even their persecutions are not getting highlighted as the Mainstream Media is having govt control which supports the organisations I mentioned above....Please Pray for us and Support us as well as all the Christians who face persecutions around the world
I often pray for Christians in India.
@@EPHESIANS_5..11__Lady Thank you!! ☺️
We will pray for you Subhadip . Im not supposed that Christian prescriptions is not mainstream there ,the middle east and north Africa also hides the truth where the kill Christians .
Prayers for you Christians abroad, in places of persecution! May God continually renew your strength!
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They dug up John Wycliffe burned his remains and scattered his ashes in the river Swift. Why? Because he preached against indulgences and their greed and false doctrines. As well as the ultimate crime according to the Catholic church, he translated the Bible. The river carried his ashes to the entire world just as his translation would bring the Gospel to the world.
This is a bunch of nonsense you just typed up. LOL
Saint John Wycliffe, spare me lol
John also refused the truth about Jesus being present in the Eucharist. Which is horrible because we have proof from the early Church Father's and the Bible that Jesus is recieved in the bread and wine during the last supper and the mass. The man contradicted 2000yrs of Apostolic teachings on this subject. He was definitely a heretic.
@@dman7668 Does it taste like blood and flesh? Did you miss the part where we are forbidden from drinking blood, as the pagans did? The rituals being performed during catholic eucharist are pagan in origin.
@@dman7668 you obviously have no knowledge of history.
Former Catholic here, saved by grace through faith in Christ alone
James 2:24
"You see how a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone "
Sad to see you gave up the true Church for a watered down overly simplified protestant one.
@@dman7668 nice to pull one verse completely out of context. Maybe read the whole chapter. And maybe some genesis 15 and 22 where is refers to...
@@dman7668 I thought that way too until I started rightly dividing the word as it says in Timothy. Also learning about dispensations.
If it was the case that we are then justified by our continued good actions, then I doomed because this morning I had an argument with my husband. I try to live a good Christian life and definitely being sanctified but I still fall short. Here’s what we need to remember. It’s the condition of sin In our earthly bodies we have a sin nature. We do not get completely glorified until we come back to the Lord Jesus Christ. That’s why we are in the age of grace.
It is a beautiful gospel that’s why it is called the good news. I see the Lord working in my life tremendously I am out preaching the gospel I am going to visit the sick and I still have a sin nature and we all do that’s why it says that no one can boast.
God bless you!
@@BUSINESSCHICMAMA Your good works are a source of justification before God, as a protestant the reformation has misunderstood the scriptures and passed this misunderstanding onto you. Works are accepted as a means of justification before God, because we are under a system of grace. The same system that accepts your faith as a means of justification is also accepting your good works. That is what James means when he writes this:
"You see how a man is JUSTIFIED by his WORKS and not by FAITH ALONE "
James says exactly what I've just explained to you. Learn more about Christian history and you too will join me in rejecting protestantism. It is not God's word they are teaching. But their interpretation of God's word.
@@dman7668 Romans 5:1-2, Ephesians 2:8-9. If you believe there is a contradiction here with these and your favorite verse in James, that means your understanding is faulty.
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Than to 'convince' them they have been fooled.”
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We are Saved by Grace and not by Works!
Yes Samuel we are saved by grace through faith. But then why are we judged by our works?? Please explain thanks.
James 2:26
King James Version
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
@@henrybayard6574 we are saved by Jesus's shed blood.
Jesus is the lamb of God, blood sacrifice for our sins.
We are judged by what we did after we are saved, what rewards we get for all the eternity.
It isn't what we do, it is what Jesus has done for us.
@@SonicSnakeRecords That seems like a scary verse, I know, but it means exactly what it says. I believe that, since the revelation of the gospel of faith alone of Paul, the gospel truly recognized and preached after Acts 15 is the one we are saved by. It seems as though James 2 was written before the Pauline revelation, since Gentiles were not written to. James wrote to the twelve tribes which were scattered abroad (not any spiritual Israel or the whole nation). He wrote of how to live a good life according to everything that Jesus said in the four gospels, following the law, etc. That’s not Pauline doctrine, as we can clearly see. Paul preached, “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth” (Romans 10:4). Not all the Bible is to be doctrinally applied to every person in the world, as there are different messages to different people and nations. It’s not as clear cut as you might think. Christian application is a lot of the time non-doctrinal (the application to whom the book was written; even subdivided recipients). We must study to shew ourselves approved unto God, as workmen who do not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Also, the Bible is not full of one message alone. That’s also a killer for people.
@@mandyfisher4205 how do you receive Jesus's blood??
The Waldensians! As an assignment during my college days, I wrote a research paper on them. I was quite impressed.
I'm reading about their history right now from J.A. Wylie. I just began.
@@proverbs3_5-8 From Wylie?
Did you say "their history"?
Sure you don't mean "a historic novel"?
I mean Ivanhoe is not exactly the best way to study relations between Saxons and Normans in King Richard's time ...
Christ alone!!!!
A Roman Emperor decided that this Christianity thing was a problem and that coopting it was the way to go. The Roman Pagan religion was a lot like the Catholic Church in structure, it's leader was the Pontifex Maximus
The Roman Catholic Church purveys false Christianity. As an ex-Catholic, I should know. We must pray for all Catholics, for their conversion.
CCS
Please explain what false teachings they are preaching?? As an ex-catholic do you believe that your grandparents and great grandparents are all in hell??
Protestants are so funny 😆
@@SoccerEric34 When you say all you Catholics are we somehow different from you when you or your relatives die??
@@SoccerEric34 That statement is nonsensical and says a lot about the kind of person you are..
@@henrybayard6574 WORKS and IDOLATRY. Yes all catholics are in hell
Will you then escape the coming wrath? Yes u can if you will repent and trust Christ alone for your salvation
I remember as a young boy with 12months of baptist Sunday school under my belt and hearing from the neighbour kids who went to a catholic school etc. I picked up on the praying to false idols straight away. Then confession confused me. Why do I want to confess to some creepy old man when I can pray directly to God and ask for forgiveness. But I also understood Jesus death and resurrection payed for my past, present and future sins. I'm now 51yo but I look back and I'm suprised on how much I actually learnt back then as a 10yo.
The other thing I couldn't get my head around was that Jesus set an example for us to live our lifes and he was poor, he never had a special flashy building built to teach in. Yet the catholic religion were so wealthy they could fix world hunger but instead they need that money to make more expensive dresses for the pope. As a 10yo I just saw too many red flags.
Solomon had all that gold and could have ended world hunger but instead built a temple with idols in it to God. Pagan dividic kingdom.😁 (SARCASM)
False idols? Who were they praying to? Golden calf?
Confession is founded in the Bible and is a Sacrament Christ instituted.
James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
Unfortunately evil has infiltrated the Church, but do people stop going to school because of teachers that were predators?
Also, about your claims of the Catholic Church being uncharitable are ingnorant. If you research the numbers with all other denomination or any other world religion you would soon realize none other can hold a candle.
This is why people play the charity card.👇
◄ John 12:4-6 ►
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4 But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him,(A) objected, 5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.[a]” 6 He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag,(B) he used to help himself to what was put into it.
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@@benwest7711 Solomon made everyone in his Kingdom rich. Silver could be found on the streets because it was worthless. Everybody had gold.
Catholicism is not Christianity.
@@SonicSnakeRecords it was a joke....statues of angels and creatures were in the temple just showing protestant inconsistencies.
Well when you take away the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, there is no power to live holy for sustained time.
It's obvious they did NOT believe what they claimed to believe about Heaven, Hell and God's judgement.
No one can murder Christian children and believe that is what Jesus Christ of the New Testament desires. No one.
Yes. They claim to be the One and Only Church Jesus established. Is this what Jesus would do? Is this what Jesus taught? Is this a church of Christ?
YES! Wretched keeping the comment section open!!
They found some courage
Maybe the history of the Catholic Church explains the present Pope's left wing actions today.
I know you haven't realized this, but protestantism is left wing. You people wonder why your churches are leaning left these days is because you don't understand that it was always progressive from the start.
The jesuit dopey pope
@@dman7668 no, we see the Methodist and other so called Christian’s trying to be like the world. The real ones are always few. A sign of the times is when so called Christian’s are inseparable from the world. It’s happening
Reading the history of the Catholic Church certainly helps people understand Catholics. Start with Peter.
@@SoundEngraver Hoe can Peter be the founding Father. He was married and was called to preach to the Jews. Paul is the apostle unto the gentiles
❤I’m an Ex Catholic who is now a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ and making other disciples as I walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. And that Rock is Christ 1 Corinthians 10:4 . The Lord is my Rock and my salvation
Christ is the Corner Stone not the Rock His being the chief corner-stone of the Church Isa 28:16 1Pe 2:6,7😊😊
As Greek scholars-even non-Catholic ones-admit, the words petros and petra were synonyms in first century Greek. They meant "small stone" and "large rock" in some ancient Greek poetry, centuries before the time of Christ, but that distinction had disappeared from the language by the time Matthew’s Gospel was rendered in Greek. The difference in meaning can only be found in Attic Greek, but the New Testament was written in Koine Greek-an entirely different dialect. In Koine Greek, both petrosandpetrasimply meant "rock."If Jesus had wanted to call Simon a small stone, the Greek lithoswould have been used. The missionary’s argument didn’t work and showed a faulty knowledge of Greek. (For an Evangelical Protestant Greek scholar’s admission of this, see D. A. Carson, The Expositor’s Bible Commentary [Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1984], Frank E. Gaebelein, ed., 8:368).
Beyond the grammatical evidence, the structure of the narrative does not allow for a downplaying of Peter’s role in the Church. Look at the way Matthew 16:15-19 is structured. After Peter gives a confession about the identity of Jesus, the Lord does the same in return for Peter. Jesus does not say, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are an insignificant pebble and on this rock I will build my Church. . . . I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven." Jesus is giving Peter a three-fold blessing, including the gift of the keys to the kingdom, not undermining his authority. To say that Jesus is downplaying Peter flies in the face of the context. Jesus is installing Peter as a form of chief steward or prime minister under the King of Kings by giving him the keys to the kingdom. As can be seen in Isaiah 22:22, kings in the Old Testament appointed a chief steward to serve under them in a position of great authority to rule over the inhabitants of the kingdom. Jesus quotes almost verbatum from this passage in Isaiah, and so it is clear what he has in mind. He is raising Peter up as a father figure to the household of faith (Is. 22:21), to lead them and guide the flock (John 21:15-17). This authority of the prime minister under the king was passed on from one man to another down through the ages by the giving of the keys, which were worn on the shoulder as a sign of authority. Likewise, the authority of Peter has been passed down for 2000 years by means of the papacy.
Petros vs Petra Jesus spoke aramaic not Greek. The Aramaic leaves no room for the Petros/Petra distinction. In Aramaic the work for rock is Kepha(rock) and upon this Kepha(rock) I will build my church.
Why does the Greek use two different words? because the Greek word for rock is feminine. The translator gave petra a masculine ending and rendered it petros. Petros was the preexisting word meaning "small stone".
The Greek text is a translation of Jesus' words, which were actually spoken in Aramaic. Aramaic only had one word for rock, kephas (which is why Peter is often called Cephas in the Bible). The word Kephas in Aramaic means "huge rock." The Aramaic word for "little stone" is "evna," and Peter was not called "Evna" or "Envas" or anything like that. In Aramaic, Jesus said "You are Peter (Kephas) and upon this rock (kephas) I will build my Church." The metaphor worked well in Aramaic where nouns are neither feminine or masculine, but in Greek, the noun "rock" was feminine, and therefore unsuitable as a name for Peter. So the Aramaic wordKephas was translated to the masculine name Petros when it referred to Peter, and to the feminine noun petra when it referred to the rock. In ancient Koine Greek, petra and petros were total synonyms, unlike modern Attic Greek and unlike Ionic Greek which was about 400 year before Christ.😎😎
The Bible says Peter is the rock on whom the church is built.
@@biblealone9201 You have just defined your man made religion
@@dman7668 The Rock is the realization made by Peter. Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. "Upon THIS rock" Peter is a this??
Matthew 7:21, NIV: Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.
Kinda makes ya wanna pause before ya say "I was born and raised Catholic" 🤔🤬!!!
Yikes!!!
Thanks Mr. Freil for energy for the the kingdom...
I love it!!
This is what makes Reformation Day (Oct. 31) so important! I thank God for Him bringing the reformation to His people. For Jesus glory, not ours. Soli Deo Gloria
Does not the conduct of the Reformers conclusively show the utter folly of interpreting the Scriptures by private judgment? As soon as they rejected the oracle of the Church, and set up their own private judgment as the highest standard of authority, they could hardly agree among themselves on the meaning of a single important text. The Bible became in their hands a complete Babel. The sons of Noe attempted in their pride to ascend to heaven by building the tower of Babel; and their scheme ended in the confusion and multiplication of tongues. The children of the Reformation endeavored in their conceit to lead men to heaven by the private interpretation of the Bible, and their efforts led to the confusion and the multiplication of religions. Let me give you one example out of a thousand. These words of the Gospel," This is My body," were understood only in one sense before the Reformation. The new lights of the sixteenth century gave no fewer than eighty different meanings to these four simple words; and since their time the number of interpretations has increased to over a hundred.
Protestantism has always been an angry movement marked by judgment, elitism, discord, discrimination, and disunity. Indeed, are these not the fruits of sinful pride and bitter hatred? So one might reasonably ask. May anyone be truly Protestant without staunchly being in a state of constant protest and disagreement? Can anyone be Protestant without being against some thing, or some tradition or some doctrine or someone at every moment? Such opposition seems essential to Protestantism. For if it were to cease, it would beg one question... "Why are we not all Catholic?"
Surely all people of Christian faith would agree that what Christ founds does not fragment. What Christ begins does not fail. What Christ unites is not dis-unified. Rather, what Christ founds and leads is one, holy and apostolic.
That Protestantism continues to fragment is the ultimate proof of its fallacy and in-authenticity. But, unlike most movements, Protestantism takes such great pride in its ongoing failures, seeing each break with Christian unity, each moment of discord, each battle of words and belief as signs of holding the true faith.
Yet Protestantism has failed, in this respect, to offer any evidence of its historical or mystical connection to the Body of Christ. Instead, each denomination repeats the same, sad pattern of reform and brief unity followed by discord and then further fragmentation under the guise of new reform.
Historically, Protestantism is a movement founded in hatred, blood and destruction. Many faithful, including priests, monks, nuns and bishops, were murdered at the hands of the first Protestant "reformers." Churches were looted and burned. Altars were desecrated. People were robbed, raped and murdered and all in the name of God. Does that remind you of anything going on in the Middle-east these days?
Is that the sort of heritage Protestants celebrate when they speak of their "glorious reformation?" Is that what Protestants aspire to when they celebrate Reformation Day?😂😂
Nothing got reformed.
@@dman7668 "And this one thing is certain…the Christianity of history is not Protestantism. If there ever were a safe truth, it is this. And Protestantism has ever felt it so… This is shown in the determination…of dispensing with historical Christianity altogether, and of forming a Christianity from the Bible alone: men never would have put [historical Christianity] aside, unless they had despaired of it…
To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant."
“Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.”✨✨
The Reformers had ppl murdered if they didn't join their club, the Protestant monarchies in Europe persecuted non-Protestants, the Puritans were the American Pharisees, Protestants fought against the abolition of slavery, and they created white supremacist groups. So what did the Reformation accomplish?
◄ Matthew 12:30 ►
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“Whoever is not with Me is against Me, and whoever does not gather with Me scatters.
My ancestors were Huguenots, the t is silent, who escaped to Belgium and then onto England. That's where we get the word Refugee from. They were the artisans of the land and it was just as much about resources and wealth as religious affiliation. The huge influx of Huguenots to England was huge boon to the economy and is widely regarded as the reason why the fair isles became Great Britain.
My ancestors on my dad's side were also Huguenots, though they settled in the Netherlands. Apparently I also have Jewish heritage on my mum's side, so being someone whose family has suffered through some of the most oppression in history (first christians, then Huguenots, and Jews and Dutch protestants) certainly gives me some examples to look to. I just hope and pray to God that if/when the time comes to suffer as they did that I can be as strong.
@@HartyBiker Fight the good fight. Don't give in.
@@HartyBiker The Huguenots went around France burning churches and destroying Catholic properties. That is not exactly something as a Christian that you should be proud of.
The English were responsible for getting many Protestants out of mainland Europe and on to the British Isles and America.
I subscribted to your videos based on your informative videos. Thank you.
Former Roman Catholic here and I can personally attest to the fact that this bloody history is hid under the rug in Roman Catholicism.
Actually most of it is a lie. That's probably why it was "hid under the rug"
@@Donald43ify
Yep, that’s what we were told as Roman Catholics along with a lot of other lies.
I would strongly advise you question everything you’ve been taught and practice verifying everything directly yourself from unbiased sources.
@@Donald43ify
You also might want to do some research on John Paul II, and his apologies for the sins of Catholics going all the way back to the Crusades. 6 centuries of massacres, genocide, horrific torture, burning men, women and children alive because they refused to bow to the many blasphemous false teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.
Read Rev 17 and see if you can recognize the very specific details John mentions in his vision. Sounds exactly like the Roman Catholic Church down to the golden chalice and the description of what these folks wore- purple.
Next, I would suggest you read the book “Vicars of Christ “ written by an honest Roman Catholic priest on the bloody history of Roman Catholicism.
Remember, what God‘s word, says
“you will know them by their fruit “
There wouldn’t be enough time to go through the long repulsive disgusting history of Roman Catholicism and it’s rotten fruit.
I love you brother.
Grace, Faith, Christ! Well put. I'm making hats.
I’ve read a book by the late Dave Hunt. He was a prophecy scholar. His books name, “A Woman Rides the Beast”. It’s also about the RCC’s gruesome history and all the popes debaucheries. He believed the woman atop the beast from Revelation is the RCC!
@ Jesus' Beloved
Great book! Banned from many church bookstores though.
I love listening to Dave Hunt!
The woman on top of the beast is the papacy (see the 3-tiered tiara on her head?- that's the pope's traditional headcover). The first beast (from the sea) is the Roman Catholic Church. Unmistakeably so- RCC suffered a deadly wound in 1789 (as prophesied) and the wound healed. Now they are implementing a one world religion under the the cover of ecumenism and "tolerance".
Get a copy of Fox's Book of Martyrs.
she is definitely the harlot that rides the beast which is legislation. rcc always hides behind the state laws to do their dirty work. kovd v/x/ene for example. book: washington in the lap of rome
Fox's Book of Martyrs records it all. That's why we had the Dark Ages.
foxe was an extremist even among the protestant reformers. Most ecclesiastical historians agree his work isnt often accurate. In other words, you are simply reading propaganda. Not that you seem to have a particular bias (sarcasm).😊😊
@@biblealone9201 While your statements about Foxe may be accurate, the exhortation and question remains based on the overall message of the book: are You willing to die for Christ?
@@lrfpv5292 they are accurate the overall message is are you a lying slanderous bigot like him😊😊
I love staying for the skits 😁
Thank you for remembering the Waldensian Christians who formed a truly
Biblical sect of the middle ages.
I really do wonder why some religions aren't labelled as cults, much less are still allowed to practice.
Part of it is because Catholic heresy still runs surprisingly deep in Protestantism's veins. Another part is because trying to use Earthly powers to bludgeon enemies of the Way into submission is generally a bad idea (see, the History of the Catholic Church). When Christians are on their game, they literally have the support of the All-Powerful Creator of Everything, they don't need to lean on political or military maneuvering.
Or put another way, if the fake religions are going strong, it means the Church is being lazy.
Yeah its insane that over 1B people think Catholics are followers of Christ. Worshiping the Pope, the Virgin Mary, idols, performing pagan rituals, etc.
Catholicism is a cult. By definition a cult is a religious system directed toward following a particular figure- and we follow Christ.
So I would imagine you meant to accuse us of being an occult? Of which, humbly I would reply, we are not.
Do you have any questions about Catholicism or Mary in particular I can answer for you?
@@marlam8625 On what basis do you consider Mary a figure more worthy of respect than other noteworthy Biblical figures, like David or Moses? Why her in particular? She was a servant of YHWH who performed a task she was called upon to perform.
@@starchcontrast4214 Do you believe that God gives more grace to some than He gives to others?
Such a wonderful way to love your enemies. “They disagree with us. Let’s kill ‘em!” Gotta love the RCC man
Open your mind and you'll understand. If you haven't already.
Yeah, we are just mad killers all the time.
@@dman7668 Apparently but no one ever inquires about the circumstances.
@@SonicSnakeRecords Yeah. Let's just not delve into Oliver Cromwell. Let's not delve into the first anabaptists in Muenster. Let's not consider that Luther thought that muslims might prove useful allies against Catholics. Let's just air grievances against Catholics.
I don't really like to comment because it can get pretty time consuming, but nice work pushing against the protestant narrative. It gets frustrating at times.
@@jimbus4096There is no commonality and nothing condusive can ever come out of it. I think every religion should just focus on ironing out their own issues.
"It is interesting to note how often our Church has availed herself of practices which were in common use among pagans...Thus it is true, in a certain sense, that some Catholic rites and ceremonies are a reproduction of those of pagan creeds...." (The Externals of the Catholic Church, Her Government, Ceremonies, Festivals, Sacramentals and Devotions, by John F. Sullivan, p 156, published by P.J. Kennedy, NY, 1942)
"It has often been charged... that Catholicism is overlaid with many pagan incrustations. Catholicism is ready to accept that accusation - and even to make it her boast... the great god Pan is not really dead, he is baptized" -The Story of Catholicism p 37
The penetration of the religion of Babylon became so general and well known that Rome was called the "New Babylon." -Faith of our fathers 1917 ed. Cardinal Gibbons, p. 106
In Stanley's History, page 40: "The popes filled the place of the vacant emperors at Rome, inheriting their power, their prestige, and their titles from PAGANISM."
"That the Church of Rome has shed more innocent blood than any other institution that has ever existed among mankind, will be questioned by no Protestant who has a competent knowledge of history . . . It is impossible to form a complete conception of the multitude of her victims, and it is quite certain that no powers of imagination can adequately realize their sufferings."--W. E. H. Lecky, History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe, vol. 2, p. 32, 1910 edition. (An excellent though lengthy article describing in detail the right of the Roman Catholic Church to do this, will be found in The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 12, p. 266.)
"For professing faith contrary to the teachings of the Church of Rome, history records the martyrdom of more then one hundred million people. A million Waldenses and Albigenses [Swiss and French Protestants] perished during a crusade proclaimed by Pope Innocent III in 1208. Beginning from the establishment of the Jesuits in 1540 to 1580, nine hundred thousand were destroyed. One hundred and fifty thousand perished by the Inquisition in thirty years. Within the space of thirty-eight years after the edict of Charles V against the Protestants, fifty thousand persons were hanged, beheaded, or burned alive for heresy. Eighteen thousand more perished during the administration of the Duke of Alva in five and a half years."--Brief Bible Readings, p. 16.
I'm Protestant, but this is an incredibly misleading and one-sided analysis. Many of these events have been wildly exaggerated, and history is always complicated. The Inquisition, for example, was responsible for like 800-5000 deaths over 350 years, not these genocidal numbers.
I implore my Protestant brethren, along with Catholics and Orthodox, to do some real reading and research; there is no shortage of resources, even right here on RUclips. Get your history from actual historians and scholars, backed up by primary sources when possible - not from 8 minute polemical videos. May God bless and guide us all. ✝️💖
You should read Fox's Book of Martyrs, Rulers of Evil ,and Secret History of the Jesuits. You should also look into what went on in Croatia during WW2. There was absolution given by Rome for the killings of Orthodox Christians. Rome is the city in seven hills discussed in Revelations killing the Saints.
Not true. Multiple millions is documented history. RCC also supported the Nazis and profited from the death of Jews in WWII.
@@joycegreer9391 Documented by whom? Where are you getting this information?
Certain individuals within the RCC supported the Nazi regime in various ways, and some profited from it. So did many Protestants - not everyone was Dietrich Bonhoeffer. In fact, Martin Luther was a notoriously vicious anti-Semite - and the Nazis used some of his writings as propaganda.
But neither group ever officially supported the ideology as part of its doctrine. And there were many in both groups who resisted the Nazis as well. Poland, for example, was mostly Catholic - and the Polish resistance was one of the fiercest in all of Europe. The same was true with France - another predominantly Catholic nation with a large and determined resistance to the Third Reich. Many were killed for their trouble. And, for what it's worth, Hitler despised all branches of Christianity - especially Catholicism, which he viewed as a potential rival for people's loyalty.
It's also worth noting that the RCC has consistently opposed Communism around the world (well, with the exception of the current pope, who is a flaming leftist - which infuriates many Catholics). They're also staunchly pro-life, which is why leftist governments are constantly fighting Catholic organizations over abortion. And it's almost exclusively Protestant (well, allegedly) "churches" that have embraced the psychotic gender madness, with LGBT "pastors" encouraging everyone's sexual sin and even blaspheming Christ in their "sermons". There's plenty of blame to go around.
To be sure, the RCC has many problems - some quite severe - but it's not the sinister den of demonic evil that some people think it is. We've got to be honest with each other, and with ourselves. I pray that you can find some balanced historical analyses to study. God bless you! ✝️💖
Thank you for being one of the few honest people here. Notice how all this talk about Catholics but no mention of Catholic persecutions that happened in Protestant regions especially England. It’s easy to say Protestants good Catholics bad when you don’t even cover what Protestants did to Catholics or what Protestants did to other Protestants.
I'm sure the follow up video on the bloody past of the reformation is coming out. Pot calling the kettle black, lol.
That's a good point, and true. But should we then ignore these crimes? This video serves as good reminder of the evils of humanity to not tolerate even their own.
I mean you're right, after the first couple centuries things went pretty downhill for the entire Church in the West, honestly.
Doesn't excuse the Catholic Church from literally being a rebrand of the old pagan Roman cult, though, so it still needs to go.
@@Kiryu1985 Protestants never do that though because they would rather have ppl believe that their own religion doesn't have a fundamentally antichrist history. Martin Luther had a famous hatred for Jews and anything considered "Jewish", but do Protestants talk about that? No.
No, that is not as true as RCC tortures and killings. How much of the past violence of the Reformation was from RCC and caused by RCC? RCC extended their torture and killing to the New World also.
@Kiryu1985 also what's his point?
Calvin explicitly taught humanulity was "totally depraved," which whether he believed it or not, included him.
But if Calvin was "totally depraved" so what? But unlike Calvin the Catholic Church denies the doctrine of total depravity right? Maybe I'm missing something but the total depravity of both protestants and Catholics during the 16th and 17th centuries seems to only be a theological problem for the Catholic Church right? (Especially since unlike protestant churches, it also claims to be the only true and also infallible church)
That after skit is hilarious 😂
When I asked a Christian bookstore where this Dave Hunt book was, the owner sheepishly took one out from under the counter where is was hidden by a fabric curtain.
Matthew 7:21, NIV: Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.
Yes, catholics will be very surprised when the Lord says "I never knew you", HELLCAT
@@wesleysimelane3423 Guess again.
The horrific history of the RCC is exactly the consequence of what happens when a man is in the place of Gods glory, power and authority.
This is EXACTLY why Peter took a stand against this kind thing; he knew through divine inspiration that none could or would rule like God, and that that office WILL lead to destruction and calamity if supplanted by man.
That is definitely an atrocious part of RCC history (all of which I never knew about being raised in Catholicism), but to be fair, why not do a video on John Calvin and the way he requested beheadings and made death threats to those that didn’t believe in his doctrine (namely predestination?)
I like you Todd, and I am a former Catholic- born again many years ago, but I believe all religions who hold beliefs other than the fact that Jesus died FOR ALL, need to be called out. 🙏🏻
Great point! I do think Todd had made comments on John Calvin. I’m not sure if he ever made a video on it. But I do know I have made several remarks on his channel regarding John Calvin. Wretched is well read and knowledgeable and if I am not mistaken comes from a strong Baptist background. And the Anabaptist “Separatists” were the main opposition as well as victims of the Calvinist Protestant Reformers. I too would like to see him make a video explaining this, but maybe he is simply picking his battles. John Calvin was a petty, evil, vindictive individual. However, he was a rather brilliant theologian, although wrong on many issues like predestination and church “authority”. Comes to show how true that even if one can preach with the voice on and angel but has not love, it accounts for nothing. Also keep in mind, if he does a video on Calvin, why not Luther? Luther wrote extensively as to why the Jews should be literally exterminated. It’s by no coincidence that the Holocaust started in Germany. I little seed of evil seed will eventually take over the entire garden. Luther didn’t expel quite enough wicked RC doctrines and practices.
No one claims that protestants have never committed evil acts, but John Calvin never claimed to be the infallible vicor of Christ.
The fact that the Catholic Church claims that the Pope is the infallible vicor of Christ and yet CLEARLY teaches false doctrine proves that he is not the vicor of Christ nor is he infallible. But is in fact a false Christ. Hence the entire Roman Catholic religion crumbles.
And the fact that the Catholic Church claims to be the "ONE" true church and yet their actions and theology (that were APPROVED or ORDERED) by the Pope once again proves that they are NOT the ONE true church. In fact they are not a true church at all.
Although I do believe some Catholics may be saved. But if they are saved they are not really Catholics and I believe the holy spirit will lead them out of the Catholic Church.
Do you remember when John Calvin, Todd’s pope, had deniers of the trinity executed? Pepperidge Farm remembers
We have no popes...smh. You are probably thinking of only one person, and Calvin was just a witness in a civil trial that was in Switzerland.
@@joycegreer9391 John Calvin approved and promoted death to his theological enemies and who he believed to be heretics. He believed that God kept them alive longer so they could be tortured.
“I am persuaded that it is not without the special will of God that, apart from any verdict of the judges, the criminals have endured protracted torment at the hands of the executioner.” - Calvin's letter to Farel
@@joycegreer9391
“Servetus offers to come hither, if it be agreeable to me. But I am unwilling to pledge my word for his safety, for if he shall come, I shall never permit him to depart alive, provided my authority be of any avail.” - Letter to Farel, 13 February 1546
Servetus, who was also a Protestant but was critical of John Calvin, did show up and Calvin had him arrested and charged with heresy including rejection of the trinity and infant baptism. He was then condemned to death
Every protestant is their own pope. Just think how bad that is compared to one pope in the RCC.
Up until about 1525 it wasn't the RC church, but rather the church in general. After that, those that attempted reforms were targeted. Today thank goodness no church has that level of earthly political power.
Exactly right. The term RC was meant to slander the true Church Jesus made.
@@dman7668 You misread his statement.
Sure it was. You missed the various massecres of earlier small sects of Christians that weren't under the Pope. The Waldensians being some of them. There were ALWAYS separate Christian churches small in numbers in places outside of the corrupt roman catholic churches influence and power. Ehtiopia for example and there were more before being wiped out by Islam. The church of rome started out fine but was instantly corrupted when one of the emperers took it over after they had been trying to slaughter all the Christians for many decades.
@@dman7668 Your "church" didn't start in Rome? Isn't headquartered in Rome? Jesus did not make a physical earthly church.
It was under papal supremacy since around 600 AD. Many churches/believers would not join and were persecuted throughout all the centuries.
Todd! Do you have links or sources of where you are getting this information? I did not have luck verifying a few things from your last video.
John Foxe's (or Fox's) "Book of Martyrs," is available on the net to read, but watch out for revised and edited versions as some versions are incorrect. There was a continuation of the persecution of Protestants and Jews in the New World as well, in both French and Spanish lands.
Hi Todd, I wanted to ask you if its ok I translate your videos to Spanish in order to reach the Spanish speaking world. Thank you kindly.
You forgot 1928 fascist march on Rome and the treaty of the vatican which led to Mussolini being put into power. Then the Jesuit priest Bernard Staempfler co wrote with hitler mein kampf.
Brave and well done video Wretched team!
This was not brave. Protestants say these kinds falsehoods all the time.
@@gch8810 it is brave to call out a hypocritical organization that has no claim to the glory of Jesus Christ and that has been completely take over by corruption, wokeism and evil.
It isn't brave to bash the Catholic Church.
@@dman7668 It can be.
@@thedogrunner No. Not really. Protestants bash Catholics all over RUclips channels.
Unfortunately, a counterargument from rcc people would be: 'Look how God jept the RC alive in the midst of such corruption. The rcc church must be the church of the apostles.'
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Yeah, and they blatantly ignore the fact that God let Islam stay and other false religions. They are so superficial.
@@EmeraldPixelGamingEPG Yeah, Satan protects his religions.
One of my favorite books is called “2000 years of charismatic Christianity”goes over how the Catholic Church demonized and killed basically any Christian that didn’t agree with them
I bet that book is loaded with more intentionally distorting facts like this you tube channel.
@@dman7668 I'm sorry you don't like historical facts and truth :(
@@daniell9268 He is sadly blinded by satan.
@@dman7668 Here's a non-distorting fact: Like the rest of us, you're a sinner. Without being born again, repenting of your sins against your creator and trusting in Jesus' death as the penalty that you owe, you are doomed to a tormenting eternity in Hell. One day, and none of us know which it will be, we'll all face judgment. I hope and pray that you will repent and be born again into eternal life, while you have the option. In love and service to Jesus Christ, the creator and Savior.
@@LV4EVR
Yes I agree, we must be born again (baptized].
I'm glad he mentioned the Huguenots in france.
Spare me. Protestants have done their fair share of evil stuff.
There is awful bloody history in St Augustine, Florida also of RCC against Huguenots.
It always confused me when I would hear a Catholic Cardinal give a speech about capital punishment and claim the church never held to the view of the death penalty. Glad I'm saved now.
You aren't saved just because you think you are.
You are right, but by faith in Jesus alone, the Holy Bible says I am, God Bless.
Our Catholic brothers and sisters are saved too.
He must have stuttered, because we did, but that changed, because the entire setup of the Church is that some doctrine and positions can change over time
Worse then Hitler, so very sad…..🙏🏼❤️
No what how can Catholics possibly be worse than hitler
He literally persecuted us
Thank you for this post. I live in a county in the Mid West that is primarily Roman Catholic. It is extremely difficult to witness to those caught up in the traditions and culture of this “system.” This has given me food for thought. I have even heard from the pulpit of evangelical churches that our friends in the RCC are merely members of another denomination 😢 ‘Fraid not!
Agree! Many times its harder to saved the "fake-saved" like Catholics, Mormons, and JW as they think they are Already saved! But they are not.
If Catholics are not Christian, then you are definitely not a Christian. As all the Protestant denominations come from Catholicism.
Of course the Catholic Church isn't a denomination. It's the thing the other churches denominated from.
There is no such thing as the Roman Catholic Church. Protestants made that term up. It was meant to slander the Catholic Church by insinuating that there was some other Catholicism other then the one we all knew of. Which there wasn't.
@@dman7668 That can't be true when that's how they refer to themselves.
This video is a real keeper 😳👍🏻😯
It's a keeper for historical distortions of complex events in history and hocking lies like salvation by faith alone when James 2:24 says
"You see how a man is justified by his works and not by faith alone "
@@dman7668 You have chosen to stop learning and cling to erroneous beliefs.
@@dman7668 Ephesians 2:8-10. Works are a product of salvation. Not the cause of it.
@@derekbellon85 Matthew 7:21 ►
New International Version
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
@@derekbellon85 No. Works are not a product of your salvation. The Bible never says that.
"it["dirty laundry"] all comes out in the wash"
Todd the audio on this is poor. I can hardly hear you. I was raised Catholic, but quit going when I went to a public high school. When I got in my mid 20's I saw my need for salvation. I repented of my sins, was baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and was filled with the Holy Ghost. I recently bought the book, Foxe's book of Myrters. An old copy before Billy Graham turned it into a politically correct version and removed certain chapters. Like chapter 4, the Papal persecution. The chapter tells of horrible things the Pope and the Roman Catholics did to non Catholics. Murder, rape, steal, took control of people's houses and land. All in the name of God.
People quote James 2:17 “Faith without deeds is dead” He’s not talking about salvation. He’s saying it’s useless to have faith and not live it out.
@@brandonhelgeson2422late reply 1yr later, but allow me
Yes, James is indeed talking about salvation. The next is about salvation. He even writes this before 2:17👇
James 2:14
What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? 👉can that faith save him?👈
There is no doubt the context is salvation. The evidence is incontrovertible.
@@dman7668 Romans 10:9 says different “if you declare with your mouth and believe with your heart God raised him from the dead you will be saved”
Also Ephesians 2:8-9 would contradict the idea that works saves or works is part of salvation
Even in James 2:17 nowhere in that verse is salvation the focus it’s not actually mentioned, rather faith is the focus. Saying why would you call yourself a Christian/believer yet not live like one. So yes faith without works is dead because what good is it to have faith yet not display it.
@@dman7668 Or in other words He is not disputing that faith alone saves. He is not claiming that works save. James is most definitely saying that a faith which saves, by its very nature, is something which produces works.
@@brandonhelgeson2422
You wrote:
_"Or in other words He is not disputing that faith alone saves. He is not claiming that works save. James is most definitely saying that a faith which saves, by its very nature, is something which produces works."_
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Brandon, this is called mental gymnastics. It's when a person's mind cannot accept they are being contradicted due to their own bia's in the protestant doctrine of justification by faith alone.
You cannot seriously tell me James says you are not saved by faith alone, and then tell me he believes faith alone saves. That no offense is a pretty dumb.
James 2:24 says this
"You see how a man is justified by his works and not by faith alone"
It does not mean this:
"You see how a man is justified by faith alone"
That is NOT what James writes in 2:24. He does in fact, contradict sola fide.
@@brandonhelgeson2422
You wrote this:
_"Romans 10:9 says different “if you declare with your mouth and believe with your heart God raised him from the dead you will be saved”
Also Ephesians 2:8-9 would contradict the idea that works saves or works is part of salvation
Even in James 2:17 nowhere in that verse is salvation the focus it’s not actually mentioned, rather faith is the focus. Saying why would you call yourself a Christian/believer yet not live like one. So yes faith without works is dead because what good is it to have faith yet not display it."_
Reply:
No Brandon. I know you think Romans 10:9 can be used to prop up sola fide. But it cannot be used this way. Niether can Ephesians 2:8-9. Protestants like you think Ephesians 2:8-9 supports sola fide, Which it does not. Protestants assume that because Ephesians says "Not of works lest anyone boast" there brain automatically then translates that to "It's by faith alone" I know EXACTLY how you are reading this verse in Ephesians 2:8-9. But we will circle back to WHY you cannot interpret Ephesians that way in a later post. Let's go back to James.
James 2:17 is indeed under the context of salvation as I already told you in a previous response. Read James 2:14. It is absolutely talking about salvation. There is no doubting that or misunderstanding it Brandon.
Let's look at the ENTIRE passage together.
James 2:14-17
14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? 👉Can such faith save them?👈 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
You cannot get around James saying in 14 "Can such faith save him" So answer me this question Brandon, was James saying in passage 14 "can such faith save him" be referring to physical danger? If James was NOT talking about salvation why did he write "Can that faith save him?"
No Brandon, the context is indeed salvation. That is why your interpretation of James not being about salvation is wrong flat out.
Hey, I'd love to chat with you all on Wretched. There's a video I just watched and comments were disabled. Just curious why?
This is definitely NOT the church that Jesus wanted Peter to start. Very far from it.
Even today.
What is presented here is nothing short of false.
@@gch8810 I beg to differ
@@Wgaither1 What Todd presented here is false. Anyone who knows their history can see through this.
@@gch8810 I know my history and what Todd said was 100% accurate
@@gch8810 I look forward to hearing about your fictional catholic-approved revisionist history in your rebuttal video. be sure to post here when you've finished fabricating--err, I mean "compiling" your historical evidence to the contrary ;)
Even at full vol your audio is low. Please boost going forward
The most hated institution in the world is the longest lasting office in all history of mankind. The Papacy is the oldest office. We have not change the teachings of Our Lord JesusChrist for close two millennia.
God bless🙏🏻
Pray the Rosary 📿
Viva Cristo Rey!
"The longest lasting office in the history of the world in all history of mankind" is way longer lasting and ancient than you think.
It goes all the way back to ancient pagan Babylon and pagan Egypt.
Amen you are correct.
@@glenwillson5073 NO it is the chair of Saint Peter. It isn't paganism.
@@dman7668 Its too big a subject to go into here, but many Catholic beliefs are pagan, not biblical.
@@glenwillson5073
Catholics don't support paganism. I am a Catholic and I am not a pagan. I support all the doctrines of the Catholic Church. I am a Christian.
How about Eastern Orthodox sister Church, are they the same or diferent?
Thanks for the knowledge. Good video.
See the back of Halleys Bible hand book. All the documented history of the Catholic papacy is there.
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I am very happy to be Catholic. No other church on earth recognizes and celebrates the Transubstantiation of the Holy Eucharist the way the Catholic Church does. Have you explained your way out of this too, preacher? A very very Biblical teaching, which is imperative to your standards? What is your excuse for that?
Agreed, but don't be a calvinist either.
True
Martin Luther wasn't too keen on Jews either.. He always gets a pass tho
Not really... ? We don't tolerate antisemitism from any Theologian, Luther was persecuted all of his life, and had mental issues that would make him a genius at theology, but a monster at having a short temper. Do you know how many Jews Luther murdered and turtured? It might be a big number, I don't know, it might also be zer0.
@@Kiryu1985 exactly. He gets a pass for his vicious Jew hatred. He had a hard life, mental issues etc etc.
Instigators have blood on their hands too.
@@Kiryu1985 He does get a pass from Protestants. Any time his rabid hatred of Jews is brought up, the response is always "he was a flawed man, like all of us". That isn't a character flaw. That kind of hatred for Jews comes from someone who is heavily influenced or possessed by the devil.
No, that is mentioned often.
I'm here for the comments.
Lol, aren't we all
@@techguy6241 yep... clicked on the notification and instantly scrolled down
Amen
Also how the pope blessed Hitler before his first attack
The pope also eats babies.
They called him Hitlers pope….he lied to the USA about what Hitler was doing. The Catholic Church apologized to the Jewish people in the 1990’s for turning their backs on them. The Vatican has records of Pope Pius indicating he kept quiet about the slaughter of the Jewish people by the Nazis, he may have collaborated with the Nazis. These reports emerged out of Germany from some researchers from the university of Muenster. Who went to Rome despite the coronavirus crisis for the opening of Pius’s wartime papers. Pius had stated that the Jews could not be trusted.
All the atrocities of this church and its faithful followers still defend them. If only they followed Jesus the Christ the way they follow that church.
The Pope blesses everyone whether they recieve the blessing or not.
In a speech in the early years of his rule, Hitler declared himself "Not a Catholic, but a German Christian". The German Christians were a Protestant group that supported Nazi Ideology.
Sources?
On Catholicism: Classic Catholic Audiobooks, How to Be Christian, Reason & Theology, Intellectual Conservatism, Sensus Fidelium, Counsel of Trent, Historia Ecclesiastica, Rational Catholicism, Catholic Answers, Pints With Aquinas, Jimmy Akin, Patristic Pillars, Apocrypha Apocalypse, Joe Heyschmeyer, Real Crusades History, Augustine Institute, Catholic Answers Focus, Catholic Productions, CatholicClips, Catholic Perseverance, Catholic Truth, Church History, Classical Christian Thought, Robert Sungenis Channel, Catholic Apologetics for Beginners, St. Paul Center, The Thomistic Institute, Ælfræd
On God: The Bible.
@@glenwillson5073, The Bible is a Catholic book
@@paynedv Not so fast, not so glib.
What we call today, the Old Testament, is made up of books that God inspired and gave to the people of ancient Israel.
The books of the Old Testament, have been kept and copied by the Jews, right down to the present day, totally independent of the Catholic church.
If the Catholic church never existed, we would still have access to all the books of the Old Testament, simply by going to a Synagogue.
Try telling the Jews the Old Testament is a Catholic book.
So that just leaves the New Testament writings.
That's a different story completely.
All the original New Testament writings, were available to people, when God completed the New Testament when he inspired John to write Revelation.
If you don't think people had access to all the New Testament writings at the time of John, where exactly to you think these writings were? Where were they hiding?
So, not so fast, not so glib.
@@glenwillson5073, Have you seen the debate on the Old Testament canon with Trent Horn or the research done by Gary Machuta? No? I would drop quotations on you but it's better for you to look it up yourself
@@paynedv It's always good to look at arguments that differ from your own, so I will have a look.
But it's going to have to be something really spectacular to knock out thousand of years of Jewish custodianship of the Old Testament, including the last 2000 years.
I've not found scholars to be all that impressive when it comes to the Bible. They often argue from preconceived, unproven assumptions. And they often just pick one conclusion, that supports their pre-existing bias, while simply ignoring all other equally logical possible conclusions.
Regardless, its impossible to deny that we have the Old Testament scriptures because of the Jews not the Catholic church.
The Old Testament scriptures really constitute a Jewish book not a Catholic book.
The Catholic church mucked about with the so called cannon but it's because of the Jews that we have the Old Testament.
Ever hear that the Catholic church when in minority is gentle as a lamb. When in equality is sly as a fox. When in majority a ravionous Lion seeking to devour?
Yes. Exactly the same as islam.
@@astutik8909 Haha! Protestantism has more in common with Muhammadanism/Islam than Catholicism does.
@@gch8810 false. Why is it, that whenever muslims took over catholic dominated countries, they kept the same dome churches? They simply knocked off the sun cross and replaced it with a crescent moon and star???
Fatima is another connection with catholicism and islam.
Who is fatima? She is one of mohameds daughters. He had no sons.
@@gch8810 No, Catholics murdered Christians. Not the other way around.
@@gch8810 That "gotcha" attitude is an indication that you are lacking in wisdom and discernment.
Have you read the Romans 1:16 "gospel of your salvation" by which lost souls are saved today?
Whats this gospel of salvation? Just believe how that:
Jesus already forgave you and died for all your sins according to scripture:
Because of Adams sin, there were none good in the eyes of God.
All have sinned, and all fall short of the glory of God
He [Jesus] who new no sin was made sin for you.
He's NOT mad at you. He loves you. He litterally loved you to death. He reconciled himself to you, me, and the world.
He made peace with you by way of his blood-stained cross, presenting himself as a perfect sacrifice for your sins.
He was then buried WITH your sins, and rose again three says later WITHOUT your sins, so you would recieve this truth, believe it and be saved.
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
Thats the good news!
God is waiting for you to come to him through faith in the FINISHED performance of Jesus Christ and nothing else.
Ephesians 2:8,9. Romans 3:20
When you do, you are made righteous in the sight of God, because you are now "in Christ" and Christ is in you.
Will you put your faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ? Romans 3:25.
Be made justified and reconcile yourself back to God. Romans 5:1
He has already completed all the work for your salvation.
Learn more about righly dividing the word of truth at truthtime radio on yt. It takes away all the confusion.
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Romans 5:1
Ephesians 1:7
Ephesians 2:8,9
2 Corinthians 5:19-21
Colossians 1:20
1Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV.
Thank you for spreading the evils of the Catholic "church".
The Catholic Church is not evil. The Catholic Church is good. People are sinners.
@@dman7668 God Bless you!🙏❤️❤️🙏
@@dman7668 You missed all the warning signs.
@@dman7668 NO THE CHURCH IS EVEIL STILL AFTER ALL THESE .. PROFF EVIL IS EVIL POPE IS EVIL SO ARE THEIR TECHING
@@thedogrunner really? All I saw was a a sign saying mass at 8:30 and 10:00, huh, you must’ve been a mistake.
Just curious why did my comment about the Jesuits get removed?
Babylon's mystery religion, Rev 17.
No.
Have you seen the bloody history of protestantism😢
Largely in response to the bloody history of Roman Catholicism, and much less than RCC.
This is such a Strawman.
I love that he calls people in this video “Christian,” in that if they were alive today, he would have a video out about how they are not true Christians. For instance the 1209 Albigensians, they denied the incarceration of Christ, and were Gnostic. Also if even Martin Luther were around today, he would be considered not a true Christian. Protestantism always produces a “Truer Christian” then the previous one.
Nonsense. Everyone who didn't convert to RCC were labeled heretics, does not mean they were.
I think many of us are former catholics.
I'm a former Protestant engaged to a Catholic who was also a former Protestant.
@@SoundEngraver Sorry you fell for deception.
@@joycegreer9391 I have?
@@SoundEngraver Yes, if you are caught up in Roman Catholicism.
@@joycegreer9391 No, Catholicism is a beautiful way to worship our Lord Jesus Christ. There are many things I don't believe as they believe, but nothing they believe from what I have read and experienced is blasphemous. True devout believers are Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Praise be to God that He can intercede for us with our questions on differences, if we have a contrite heart and right spirit. May you devote your life to Christ in your non-Catholic way, as I have.
Protestant churches and leaders aren't any better, we just have a shorter history. There has been much violence done by Protestants to the Catholics, and your beloved Calvin also was up for burning people alive. I am Protestant by the way, I have much love and respect for my Catholic brothers and sisters
Are you okay with what catholics are taught and believe? It's one thing to love and respect someone. It's often another thing to love them enough to tell them the biblical truth. Eternity hangs in the balance. As you know, many will say to Him on that day, "Lord, Lord..." And He will tell them, "Depart from me you worker of iniquity, I never knew you."
@@LV4EVR A few years back through studying i was thinking about becoming Catholic, I go to a baptist church, but I was also attending a Catholic church for a full year as well. There were a few things that I disagree with about Catholicism, so I ended up staying where I was at. However there are things I disagree with in regards to the Baptist church I attended. I would say Catholics are my brothers and sisters in Christ and I wouldn't encourage a Catholic to leave their community and become protestant
Thank you!
@@Polarbeardueck So you are probably not a true born-again believer?
That is not true. Of course there are things that have been done by Protestants, but nowhere near the number of killings by RCC. The RCC has tortured and killed more people than anyone in history. They attempted to kill all Jews and "heretics" in Europe. They tortured people to convert to RCC. This is The Church of Christ?? Doesn't represent Him at all.
Also, what Protestants did was AFTER the persecution from the RCC. Would they have done any killing if the RCC had not done killing? The RCC was ruthless, cruel, intolerant. They even killed their own parishioners for breaking RCC laws.
It is convert or die but the catholic ignore their history.
Finally someone talking truth
thanks i can support y'all now if i can figure out how however at least 100,000 people were killed in inquisition
What's so hard about that?
I grew up Protestant but recently was received into the Catholic Church. One of the things I had to wrestle with in making this decision was precisely the history Todd lays out here. "How could the 'One Holy Catholic' Apostolic Church" be legitimate with a history full of injustices, violence, abuses, and scandals? Surely all this bad fruit reveals the bad nature of the tree, right?" But I soon realized that if my standard for validity was based on a whole Church's history and mistakes, then every "church" or denomination would be invalidated, because every church has in its history moments and members guilty of injustice, violence, abuses, and scandals. The Catholic Church just has the unfortunate feature of having 2000 years worth of them, as opposed to maybe a few hundred years with most other churches.
The Anglican Church began because Henry VIII desired to marry someone other than his current wife, whom he then proceeded to have executed. Luther encouraged his followers to "smite, strangle, and stab, secretly or publicly" rebel peasants who were causing chaos, and he approved the persecution and killings of Anabaptists. When Scotland adopted Calvinism, professing Catholics were put to death. Baptists in the American south advocated for slavery for decades which included defending that position through the Civil War. Some Evangelical Churches in Germany supported the Nazis. This isn't an attempt to defame every denomination. It's simply a demonstration that every church has its "dirty laundry", and that if you really want to be consistent and reject the Catholic Church because of its worst members and generations, then do the same with every other "church", even including God's Old Testament Church, Israel, whose entire history was one of injustice, violence, idolatry, abuse, and rampant wickeness. Let's remember Christ's own words when he prophesied that within his very Kingdom there would grow tears alongside the true wheat. We don't cast doubt on the whole kingdom when some of its members are proving to belong to a different kingdom.
Peter himself, the first chief of Christ's Church, used violence against Malchus, explicitly denied Jesus thrice, and even discriminated against Gentiles for a time. And yet we would never say that 1) he was beyond redemption in any of those moments of failure, and 2) that somehow the Church he led suddenly ceased being true or valid. Men are weak. God is strong. When men rely on themselves their weakness corrupts them and those around them. When men rely on God they bless themselves and those around them. Todd would do well to have a more consistent standard across the board if this is a position he wants to insist on, or else to be more understanding of how faithfulness and unfaithfulness function in Christ's kingdom.
Respectfully, you are reaching.
@@thedogrunner I'd love to read your thoughts as to why you think so
@@gabrieln3836 Your comment was long. To deconstruct every reaching statement would take me all night. I'm not sure it would be useful as your mind seems pretty made up. Bring it to earnest prayer and let God confirm or deny your suspicions by conviction.
@@gabrieln3836 Just to give some direction, wouldn't you agree that some crimes are more egregious than others? And frequency and consistency matters?
Welcome home!
can't believe people still fall for this guy, when they can dig up actual historical documents 😂😂😂😂
Live in El Paso. Catholic faith is strong here
That is good.
Good to hear.
Unfortunately faith in catholicism does grant access into heaven.
@@thedogrunner unfortunately being a protestant cuts you off from the sacraments which help you get to heaven.
@@thedogrunner remember as a protestant you don't submit to any Church authority, you just Church hop from one to another based on your flavor of the month pastor. It sucks being a protestant. It's a very confusing world to live in that rejects history and common sense in favor of a closed minded thought process that doesn't take in any new information that contradicts what your protestant overlords have told you to think.
Lol never did I think I'd see a JonTron clip in a Wretched video
The Jews have been through a lot.
Hey can someone post the sources used to gather this information? Can it be verified as genuine and true? Asking for apologetic purposes...
Yes
Indictment of the Church does not equate to indictment of the Faith. Obviously there are members of the Church do evil. It’s called “the Human Condition”
The video is also just plain wrong.
@@gch8810 Then why don't you read more? #1 The Bible would be a good place for Roman Catholics to start, and don't spiritualize it. #2 A Woman Rides the Beast by Dave Hunt #3 Unholy Trinity- The Vatican, The Nazis, and the Swiss Banks by Aarons and Loftus.
@@sunnydays8270 "and don't spiritualize it" how would you know that's the incorrect lense to read it through?
@Ethan Work
"Indictment of the Church does not equate to indictment of the Faith. "
You are incorrect here as it would be indictments of individuals does not equal indictment of the faith. The fact that church leaders at every level would subscribe to these methods supported by the tenets of a faith that does not exist in the scripture is in itself the most condemning of indictments.
Roman Catholicism is directly of the Devil. Open your eyes and see the bodies that lie at his feet. Satan enjoyed every physical death but despised that he sent those souls to the Father because of their testimony of Christ.
@@gch8810
Every word he spoke is in the history books so, how could it be wrong??
dont forget 1204 crusaders sacked constantinople
Don’t forget that those same Crusaders were excommunicated for sacking Constantinople.
The Roman church is the beast system church which most denominations who are not KJV only will follow in the end
@@ryanm6247 Yes although the apostles had the hebrew/greek which the textus receptus is based on but amen!
Thank you I have a dear catholic friend who is adamant Mary us able to intercede for him to the father and that the priest is able to pardon his sin in the confession box.
Prove different
This is true. All my sins are forgiven. Think of it as a monthly tune up. My conscience is clear and I will join my loved ones in heaven some day. Jesus forgives all sins…thank god
In John 20:19-23. “On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.’ And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” Through the Holy Spirit, Jesus has allowed his apostles and their successors (which are now modern day priests) to forgive sins. It’s important to know that this power is only possible through God
Such is the deception and manmade religious system of RCC.
@@TK-4200 amen brother stay based
Interesting stuff!!! Please comment on the Marranos, those Jews who were forced to convert to catholicism….I’ve read that Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus were both Marranos…..even that he was sent searching for a new homeland for said Jews….hmmm
Just stop the theory 'Jews RULE THE WORLD' crap- the RCC is behind almost all of the mayhem and death for over 1500 years.
Fun fact, the Bible is a Catholic book.
@@dman7668 Completely wrong on that one bud. Ever heard of the "dead sea" scrolls?
@@thedogrunner Yes, we Catholics know about the dead sea scrolls, we also know the scrolls contain original copies of books Protestants rejected as part of their old testament canon which are in fact part of the bibles true canon.
The BIBLE is in fact a Catholic book. The Catholic Church canonized the Bible. We know what's in it. We had copies before the Protestants did.
@@dman7668 The books that are not considered canonical are not in keeping with the rest of the books that are. You don't get to pick and choose willy nilly. By definition a "catholic" book would not be a "christian" book. Because Catholics don't rely on Christ alone. You don't consider yourself a Christian correct?
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Very unholy.
Look up Alberto Rivera, he was a Jesuit priest that escaped the Catholic Church. I met his sister before she got married in Anaktuvuk Pass Alaska…. Interesting story that needs to be heard
to bad the Baptist Church exposed him as a fake and charlatan
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wow I had no idea about the history of the Catholic church. this was pure evil.
No. It's good. People are evil Sherry
@@dman7668 Yeah, the popes and minions definitely evil.
Seems most R Cath do not know or else deny.
However you have treated my family that’s the way you have treated me. Garry’s paraphrasing
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The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic states (comprising Spain and its Italian territories, several independent Italian states, and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta) arranged by Pope Pius V, inflicted a major defeat on the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras. The Ottoman forces were sailing westward from their naval station in Lepanto (the Venetian name of ancient Naupactus - Greek Ναύπακτος, Ottoman İnebahtı) when they met the fleet of the Holy League which was sailing east from Messina, Sicily. The Spanish Empire and the Venetian Republic were the main powers of the coalition, as the league was largely financed by Philip II of Spain, and Venice was the main contributor of ships
Uh.. they didn't exist for much of that history. Nor were they tolerated by the RCC in those areas so you are spewing propaganda. They were busy trying not to be burned at the stake if you were listening.
Is this a joke?
@@thedogrunner The only joke were. are the protestants.
@@SonicSnakeRecords Yikes. That's quite the effeminate attitude.
@@thedogrunner Rather effiminate than coward.
wake up catholic!
Have you ever read the old testament...Israel was God's chosen people. The Davidic kingdom. All the ki gs were so great right. David, Solomon all the bad kings didn't exactly live great lives and did some horrible things but it didn't change the fact that they were God's chosen. I could say more but I will stop there to not be to long.
Are you saying that all Old Testament Israelites were saved; including the evil kings and all the people who rejected God and went after the false gods of the pagan nations around them and were unrepentant were saved? How so?
@@dotero1817 umm no not saying that.
@@benwest7711 then I don't understand the point of your comment...
@@dotero1817 My point is that just because an institution is divinely appointed by God doesn't mean every leader in that institution will always be a good person. The Davidic kingdom had good and bad kings. The Catholic church has had good and bad popes. It doesn't change the fact that both are divinely instituted by God just because it has sinners in it. Wheat and tares.
@@benwest7711 the office of pope was not divinely instituted. And according to Scripture there are no good people (Romans 3:10-12). Jesus says there is none good but God (Luke 18:19).
According to CCC 882 "The Pope, Bishop of Rome and Peter's successor, is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity both of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful. For the Roman Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, and as pastor of the entire Church has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered."
Jesus is the only head of the church, the body of believers.
Vatican I in July of 1870 issued a formal decree concerning papal infallibility as a divinely revealed dogma that when the Roman pontiff speaks EX CATHEDRA he speaks infallibly. No man is infallible. The last statement made EX CATHEDRA was in 1950 by pope Pius XII who declared as doctrine the assumption of Mary. The first by pope Pius the IX in 1854 (later grandfathered in) was Mary's Immaculate Conception. Neither are found anywhere in Scripture. Made-up traditions became doctrines because fallible men said so? Nope. I'll stick with the truth found in God's infallible word.
Thanks, becoming Catholic soon :-)
There you go to "alphabet church"...
@@Yaas_ok123 what?
There is no defending any of these terrible acts. Period. But you only focus on these disgusting moments of Catholic history to brand them as evil when there is also just as much good, beautiful, wonderful Catholic history. They are one of the largest charity organizations in the world, and provide boundless medical and educational aid. For every horrible Catholic person you cited here, I am certain there are 3 wonderful Catholic persons. "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. If we say we have no sin, we decieve ourselves, and the truth is not in us."
To use your logic against you: even Martin Luther himself became belligerently anti-Semitic by the end of his life. He literally wrote that we need to burn their books and homes, steal their money from them, and even forbid them to teach "at threat of life and limb."
This is the man you think got Christianity right? Because that sounds like a terrible disgusting man to me. It's easy to blame, just like Adam and Eve did with the forbidden fruit.
No one on this thread is defending Martin Luther’s antisemitic actions.
Martin Luther loved the Catholic Church he disagreed with their false teachings. Jesus is the only way to the Father. He only wanted for the Catholic Church to get it right. They only wanted to kill him.
Donating means nothing lol. A guy came to Jesus saying I have followed the commandments since I ChildI have fed the poor I have sacrifice every sabbath what must I do to in herit the kingdom of God? Jesus replied well everything. He walked away sad. Catholic Church has never done that.
Did Luther kill thousands of Jews? Every horrible "Catholic" person? These acts came from the RCC, not just some individuals.
@@littlemary2840 all Catholics believe salvation is through Jesus, and no one else, so your argument isn’t really valid.
@@daniell9268 so have many Protestant preachers like John MacArthur, he has been made rich from his preaching and doesn’t donate a penny to help anyone.
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